Editing High Fidelity (film) (section)

===Development===
Nick Hornby's book was optioned by [[Disney]]'s [[Touchstone Pictures]] in 1995, where it went into development for three years.<ref name="Malanowski">{{cite news | last = Malanowski | first = Jamie | title = Keeping Faith with ''High Fidelity'' | work = [[New York Times]] | date = April 2, 2000 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/02/movies/film-keeping-faith-with-high-fidelity.html | access-date = March 27, 2009 }}</ref> [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] was slated to direct the film with a script written by ''[[Con Air]]'' screenwriter [[Scott Rosenberg]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Buss|first=Andrew|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-oral-history/|title=Top Five: An Oral History of ''High Fidelity''|date=April 1, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kaye|first=Ben|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-writers-not-credited-hulu-tv-remake/|title=''High Fidelity'' Film Screenwriters Say Hulu TV Series Lifted Their Work Without Attribution|date=April 2, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> Disney executive [[Joe Roth]] had a conversation with recording executive Kathy Nelson, who recommended John Cusack and his writing and producing partners D. V. DeVincentis and [[Steve Pink]] adapt the book. She had previously worked with them on ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' and felt that they had the right sensibilities for the material.<ref name="Portman">{{cite news | last = Portman | first = Jamie | title = Quirky John Cusack Embraces the Eccentric – Again | work = [[Ottawa Citizen]] | date = March 27, 2000 }}</ref> According to Cusack, DeVincentis is the closest to the record-obsessive characters in the film, owning 1,000 vinyl records and thousands of CDs and tapes.<ref name="Wloszczyna">{{cite news | last = Wloszczyna | first = Susan | title = Cusack, in Tune with His Movies | work = [[USA Today]] | date = March 31, 2000 }}</ref> They wrote a treatment that was immediately greenlit by Roth.<ref name="Portman" />