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EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Davis (Sex and nan City) and Tig Notaro (Come See Me successful nan Good Light) person inked deals to join Beach Read, 20th Century Studios‘ adjustment of nan New York Times bestselling caller from Emily Henry, which is shooting this month.
Character specifications are nether wraps. The duo joins an ensemble led by Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger, which besides includes Andie MacDowell and Kevin Bacon, arsenic antecedently announced.
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 nan characteristic return 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.
An Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, Davis is champion known for her domiciled arsenic Charlotte York successful the Sex and nan City franchise, including nan caller HBO Max series, And Just Like That… Currently, she hosts nan weekly Sex and nan City-focused podcast, Are You a Charlotte?, pinch further characteristic credits including Couples Retreat, Deck nan Halls, The Shaggy Dog, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D. She is repped by Buchwald, Atlas Artists, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Actor and comedian Notaro is simply a WGA, Emmy and aggregate Grammy nominee who precocious landed her first Oscar information for her activity producing nan lauded Apple doc Come See Me successful nan Good Light on writer Andrea Gibson. As an actor, caller credits see nan Star Trek series Starfleet Academy and Discovery, Apple TV’s The Morning Show, and Zootopia 2. She is repped by Ayala Cohen Management, UTA for individual appearances, and Ziffren Brittenham.
