The Wedding Date is an 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Clare Kilner, who also directed How to Deal . The release was successful achieving $47 million worldwide at the box office against a budget of $15 million. It is based on the book Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young. Kat Ellis is a single New Yorker who returns to her parents' house in London to be the maid of honor at her younger half sister's wedding. The best man is none other than her former fiancé, who unexpectedly dumped her two years ago. Anxious about confronting him and eager to impress him, she hires suave male... escort Nick Mercer to pose as her boyfriend. Kat intends to make her former flame, Jeffrey , jealous, but her plan backfires when Nick convinces everyone, including her, that they are madly in love. Kat then feels herself too falling for Nick as he slowly falls for her. Along the way, Kat discovers that her half sister, Amy, slept with Jeffrey while they were still together. This affair was the reason why Jeffrey dumped Kat because he believed himself to be in love with Amy.
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| Release date: | May 16, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Clare Kilner |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jessica Bendinger, Michelle Chydzik, Nathalie Marciano, Paul Brooks |
| Editor: | Mary Finlay |
| Music by: | Blake Neely |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Curtis |
| Screenplay by: | Dana Fox |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Asking for Trouble |
| Genre: | Comedy |