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No. 17 Again is based on a screenplay by American screenwriter Jason Filardi.

No. The titles are similar, 17 Again and Seventeen Again (2000), but the story lines are not the same.

As the title suggests, 17Again is a film about 37-year old Mike O'Donnell (Matthew Perry) who, dissatisfied with his life to date, suddenly finds himself 17 again with a chance to relive the life he lost by marrying his pregnant high school sweetheart Scarlet (Allison Miller). Mike, now going by the name Mark (Zac Efron), goes back to his old high school where he encounters his own daughter Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg) and son Alex (Sterling Knight) and comes to know his 37-year old wife Scarlett (Leslie Mann) in a renewed light.