Experience films selected and presented by award-winning producer Meryl Poster, in conversation with special guests. Get behind-the-scenes insights and celebrate cinema as an essential art form.

NOMA will screen Serendipity (2001) for this program. Following the screening, Poster will be joined (via Zoom) by the film’s screenwriter Marc Klein for a conversation about the film.  

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Tickets for the screening and pre-screening conversation are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission.

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About the Film and Post-Screening Conversation

Serendipity (2001, 1h 30m)

A couple search for each other years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they’d end up together.

About Marc Klein

Marc Klein is a screenwriter, director, producer, and author whose tales of love and loss have charmed audiences worldwide.

In 1997, Klein sold his first screenplay, Love, Jenny, a supernatural love story, to Universal Studios as a vehicle for Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett, allowing him to leave his assistant job and write full-time.

In 2000, Klein wrote the original screenplay Serendipity, which sparked a bidding war among Hollywood’s top studios. Ultimately produced by Miramax Films, and starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, the tale of star-crossed lovers was declared “an instant romantic comedy classic” and was a smash hit at the box office, grossing nearly $100 million in the United States alone. In his review of the film, legendary movie critic Gene Shalit wrote: “I’ve been reviewing movies for 35 years and Serendipity joins my personal list of matchless romantic comedies. Thrilling, most wonderful and beyond compare!” In the years since its release, Serendipity is often listed among the best romantic comedies of all time.

In 2006, filmmaker Ridley Scott hand-picked Klein to adapt the Peter Mayle bestseller, A Good Year. Though modest at the box office, the film has since developed a cult following, with many fans traveling toProvence to tour the picturesque locations where the film was shot.

That same year, Klein adapted the best-selling novel, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, by Melissa Bank. Considered the first modern “chick lit” book, Klein eventually decided to direct his own screenplay. 

Over the next decade, Klein became a highly sought-after script doctor, with a special emphasis on romantic stories. Among the many films he worked on were the Nicholas Sparks films Dear John (starring Channing Tatum), Safe Haven, (directed by Lasse Hallstrom), and The Best of Me. All three were box office hits.

In 2012, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda tapped Klein to adapt his Tony-Award-winning Broadway musical, In the Heights, for Universal Studios. That same year, Klein also co-wrote Mirror, Mirror, a reimagining of the classic Snow White fairy tale. Mirror, Mirror received enthusiastic reviews and ultimately grossed $183 million at the worldwide box office.

Alongside the film, Klein published his debut YA novel The In Between with Little, Brown for Young Readers. The book has since been translated into ten languages, expanding his audience across the globe.

Klein is currently writing Horoscope Computer for Mattel Films, based on the iconic 1980s astrology toy. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

About Meryl Poster

Meryl Poster is a multi-award-winning producer, media executive and industry leader with a distinguished career spanning film, television and digital media. She began as one of the first female trainees in the famed William Morris mailroom and went on to become a driving force in entertainment.

Today, she is the founder and president of Superb Entertainment, a production company developing a diverse slate of scripted and unscripted content across major networks and platforms. Upcoming projects include a film adaptation of The Mosquito Supper Club Cookbook; Las Hermanas, a modern retelling of Little Women for Sony Pictures; as well as a television series with Keshet based on the book Becoming Bulletproof.

Known for her collaborative management style and strong talent relationships, Poster played a pivotal role in shaping some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films of the late 1990s and 2000s. During her tenure as co-president of production at Miramax, Poster oversaw the development and production of many Academy Award -winning and -nominated films, including Chicago, Chocolat, Cider House Rules, Good Will Hunting, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, Finding Neverland and Wings of the Dove.

In addition to these distinguished films, Poster produced and oversaw Rounders, An Unfinished Life, Flirting with Disaster, Beautiful Girls, Bounce, A Price Above Rubies, A Man Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain, Kate and Leopold, Shall We Dance, Ella Enchanted, The Pallbearer, Get Over It, Chasing Amy, R, Smoke, The Shipping News, She’s All That, Wide Awake and Serendipity.

In 2005, Poster expanded her influence into television with a consultancy and first look production deal at NBC Universal. Based on her own experiences, she created Bravo’s first scripted series, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, a groundbreaking show that ran for five seasons. During this time, she also acquired the film rights to Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights.

Poster became the President of Weinstein television in 2010. She led the expansion of Project Runway into a multi-franchise phenomenon that included Project Runway All Stars, Project
Accessory, Under the Gunn and Threads. She oversaw and produced Million Dollar Shoppers for Lifetime; Rodeo Girls for A&E; and Welcome to Myrtle Manor, which ran for three seasons on
TLC. Mob Wives was developed and launched under Poster’s guidance. which also included Mob Wives Chicago and Big Ang’s House.

In the digital space, Poster created and produced the Ambie award-nominated podcast, ”Call Your Grandmother,” which ran for two seasons on iHeart, and the 2023 series, “She Wants More.”

A dedicated advocate for education and mentorship, Poster is an Advisory Council Member at Brooklyn College’s Feirstein School and an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and a board member of the Creative Coalition. She also supports Dress for Success, an organization dedicated to empowering women in the workplace.

Recently, Poster created “The Producer’s Choice,” an ongoing film series at the New Orleans Museum of Art. She was named one of the most powerful women in entertainment by Crain’s and was ranked in the top 30 in The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 for five consecutive years. She discovered and has mentored some of the most senior executives in Hollywood today, and is credited with inventing the blueprint for the modern Oscars campaign.

Dividing her time between New Orleans and New York, Poster remains at the forefront of entertainment, shaping narratives and championing talent across film, television and digital media.