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EXCLUSIVE: Nick Jonas (Power Ballad) has inked a woody to prima successful an untitled Netflix rom-com from head Ari Sandel (The DUFF).
Penned by Tamara Chestna, a writer pinch credits for illustration Something from Tiffany’s and Moxie, nan movie follows a perennial bachelor whose carefree life is upended erstwhile he unexpectedly inherits his cousin’s babe child. Just arsenic he gets a grip connected life arsenic a dad, complications originate erstwhile nan child’s godmother appears astir nan holidays to declare custody of her. What ensues is simply a emotion communicative neither saw coming.
Steve Barnett is producing for Monarch Media, alongside Mark Ross for Lincoln Road Films, Spencer Berman and Jonas for Powered by Jonas, and Chestna. Alan Powell and Vicky Patel are exec producing for Monarch.
Jonas has had a productive mates of months, premiering his philharmonic dramedy Power Ballad to captious acclaim astatine SXSW and much precocious signing connected to prima other Kathryn Newton successful White Elephant, a caller vacation scary movie marking MRC’s first nether a caller horror-thriller business pinch Radio Silence and Project X, dubbed RSPX. We were first to study connected that project. Jonas stars other Paul Rudd successful Power Ballad, nan latest movie from Once‘s John Carney, which Lionsgate releases June 5. Later this year, he’ll besides beryllium seen starring alongside Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart successful nan latest Jumanji movie from Columbia Pictures. He is repped by UTA, Philymack, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
Best known for directing nan teen drama The DUFF starring Mae Whitman, Sandel won an Oscar for his USC Film School thesis short West Bank Story and astir precocious directed Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween for Sony. He is repped by WME, Artists First, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
Chestna is repped by Verve, Industry Entertainment, and lawyer Chris Abramson.
