Gabriele Muccino, the Italian director who is making his English directorial debut with the fall's Will Smith drama "The Pursuit of Happy-ness," has signed on for "A Little Game Without Consequence" for Focus Features.

The movie will be based on the French play by Gerard Sibleyras. It follows a seemingly perfect couple who pretend to break up, only to realize that their friends never liked them as couple to begin with. The play was adapted into a French movie in 2004.

Allan Loeb, who penned "Things We Lost in the Fire," wrote the English-language adaptation.

French writer-director-actor Alain Chabat and Stephanie Danan are producing through their L.A.-based banner WAM. Muccino's producing partner Domenico Procacci is also on board as a producer.

Muccino wrote and directed the award-winning "L'Ultimo bacio," which was adapted into the upcoming English-language Zach Braff drama "The Last Kiss." He is repped by CAA.