Slumdog Scribe Leaps January 30, 2009 “Slumdog Millionare” Simon Beaufoy to write Dublin based romantic comedy. Writer Simon Beaufoy has been tapped to pen “Leap Year”, a new romantic comedy starring Amy Adams. Set in Ireland, Adams plays an uptight woman who comes to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on Feb 29th. When weather rerails her trip she enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper to pull off the perfect proposal in time. Beaufoy recently received an Oscar nod for penning “Slumdog Millionare”. Other credits for the writer include “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,” “Blow Dry” and “The Full Monty.”