I first met Joseph Tropiano when I interviewed him and Stanley Tucci for Scenario, which published their screenplay for Big Night in its second annual Sundance issue. Joe and I kept in touch, and several years later, we decided to write an original screenplay together. The concept: an online-dating service—at that point in time, still a novelty—that employed a sophisticated technology to get to the essence of each participant'’s personality in order to connect them with their “perfect match.”