Jessica Alba to Star in The Fun Lady, a Film Based on Linda Brewer's Life
Jessica Alba will star in The Fun Lady, a film based on the true story of Linda Brewer, a former top saleswoman for a company selling adult products. Andy Tennant will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which reported the news on 12 November 2026.
Alba will play Mora, a character based on Brewer. She is also producing the film under her Metalmark Entertainment banner. Highland Film Group is producing as well. Mark Steilen wrote the script.
Brewer's path began in Arkansas, where she left high school without finishing. She went on to become one of the top sellers for Passion Parties, a California company whose products included edible lotions, sex manuals, erotic games, lingerie and vibrators. In a single year, her sales reached as much as $140,000, the trade paper reported.
Her story has been told before in print. A 2004 New York Times Magazine article profiled her under a long, playful headline about married life in the Bible Belt, the swath of the American South where religious conservatism runs deep. The film now takes her life as its starting point.
The project was headed to the American Film Market, the deal-making event where sales agents and buyers meet to sell and buy films. Buyers at such markets decide which films get distributed in cinemas and on streaming services in the months and years that follow. A film that is still being made can be sold before it is finished.
Tennant has made films that reached large audiences. He directed Sweet Home Alabama in 2002 and Hitch in 2005, both romantic comedies that were big hits at the box office. His return to the genre sits alongside a real-life drama, and the mix of the two is part of what makes the project stand out.
For Alba, the film adds a producing credit to her acting work. For Brewer, it turns a sales career into a screen story, with her own life shaped into the character of Mora. Each step, from the script to the casting to the market, has been a decision made by a specific group of people, and the film's path will depend on the next ones.
