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‘40 Days of Dating’ Goes Hollywood

We won’t know if they’re in love for six more days, but the couple behind40 Days of Dating” has signed with Hollywood talent agency CAA and are “fielding interest from both film and television producers looking to use their story as the basis for a movie or TV series,” the Wrap reports. For those who missed it, “good friends with opposite relationship problems” Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman went on three dates a week, saw a couples’ therapist, and did not sleep with anyone (not even each other!) in order to learn the secrets of love — and document them in a blog.

Above, video from Day 33, which required the telegenic New Yorkers to hold hands for an entire day. They dance in the subway, use a public restroom together, and collapse into one another’s arms in a sunny park while Animal Collective plays in the background.

‘40 Days of Dating’ Goes Hollywood