1 hour ago
EXCLUSIVE: Inanna Sarkis (Maintenance Required) is group for a domiciled alongside Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger in Beach Read, 20th Century Studios‘ adjustment of nan New York Times bestselling caller from Emily Henry, which is shooting this month, sources show Deadline.
Reps for 20th declined comment. We’re told that Sarkis will play Shadi, nan champion friend of Dynevor’s January. She joins an ensemble that besides includes nan antecedently announced Andie MacDowell, Kevin Bacon, Kristin Davis, and Tig Notaro.
In Beach Read, idealistic romance novelist January Andrews (Dynevor) and cynical literate fabrication writer Augustus “Gus” Everett (Schwarzenegger) — rival authors pinch dramatically opposing worldviews — person astatine slightest 1 point successful common: a superior lawsuit of writer’s block. When they unexpectedly find themselves surviving adjacent doorway to each different successful a mini Lake Michigan formation municipality for nan summer, they onslaught an improbable stake to switch genres — and nan lines betwixt fabrication and romance statesman to blur.
Beach Read releases exclusively successful theaters connected May 7, 2027. Yulin Kuang, nan co-writer of Netflix’s People We Meet connected Vacation — different Henry adjustment — is directing from her ain script, pinch Neal H. Moritz producing via his Original Films. Karina Rahardja is exec producing, pinch Sarah Shepard and Catherine Hughes overseeing nan task for 20th. The literate affairs team, led by Clare Reeth, spearheaded efforts to onshore authorities to nan book.
First gaining traction arsenic a creator successful nan integer space, Sarkis has been seen successful nan deed YA romance movie series After, and much recently, Amazon’s romanticist comedy Maintenance Required, other Madelaine Petsch and Madison Bailey. Upcoming, she’ll beryllium seen starring other Gregg Sulkin successful nan basking aerial balloon thriller The Ascent, arsenic good arsenic thriller The Red Mask, which she leads other Helena Howard.
Sarkis besides has a domiciled alongside Nicolas Cage, Giancarlo Esposito, J.K. Simmons, and Andy Garcia successful nan upcoming film The Prince, written by David Mamet. Currently moving connected her directorial debut, Touch nan Sky, she is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment and CAA.
