Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet & Hadley Robinson Board Sony Rom-Com From Will Gluck
16.02.2023 - 23:05
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Sony has added Michelle Hurd (Star Trek: Picard), Bryan Brown (Australia), Darren Barnet (Gran Turismo) and Hadley Robinson (Moxie) to the cast of their as-yet-untitled rom-com from director Will Gluck (Easy A). Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell will lead the ensemble, as previously announced, with Alexandra Shipp also featuring.
Details as to the plot of the R-rated comedy are under wraps. But it’s based on a script by Ilana Wolpert that Gluck is re-writing. Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Gluck are producing, with Sweeney exec producing for Fifty-Fifty Films, alongside Natalie Sellers and Alyssa Altman for RK Films, and Jacqueline Monetta for Olive Bridge.
Perhaps best known for starring opposite Patrick Stewart on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard, Hurd has also been seen on series including Blindspot, Lethal Weapon, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Daredevil, Jessica Jones and The Glades, to name a few. Notable film credits include Bad Hair, Being Frank opposite Jim Gaffigan, We Don’t Belong Here alongside Catherine Keener and Maya Rudolph, and Girl Most Likely with Kristen Wiig. The actress has recently wrapped production on the film Kemba for BET, as well as the indie drama Somewhere in Montana opposite Outlander’s Graham McTavish, and the rom-com The Plus One alongside Cedric the Entertainer.
Brown is an Australian actor best known for performances in films like Breaker Morant and series like A Town Like Alice who has also been seen in features including Gorillas in the Mist, Newsfront, Cocktail, Two Hands opposite Heath Ledger, Along Came Polly and Baz Luhrmann’s Australia. Recent feature credits include The Light Between Oceans, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country, and Rachel Ward’s dramedy, Palm Beach, which he also