EXCLUSIVE: Rob Lowe is the most recent to fall in love with the Stephen Merchant directed and starring, and Cameron Diaz headlining romantic comedy at Amazon MGM Studios.
The West Wing Primetime Emmy nominee joins a booming lineup that features Jake Lacy, Josh Segarra, Sherry Cola, Judith Light, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Fabrizio Guido, Lisa Gilroy, and Dustin Ybarra.
Merchant co-wrote the script with John Butler which follows a workaholic Brit who’s employed at an upscale New York lodge (Merchant). He wants a spouse for appearances. In comes a struggling stand-up comedienne who’s determined for medical insurance (Diaz). Their faux marriage begins as a transaction – however ends in an sudden romance. As we first informed you, the film is produced by Lee Eisenberg, Merchant, and Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Josh Fagen. Natalie Sandy will government produce.
Lowe counts two Emmy noms, six Golden Globes, and 4 Screen Actors Guild Awards, successful two. His canon consists of St. Elmo’s Fire, About Last Night, and The Outsiders, in addition to Parks and Recreation. He additionally starred in Behind the Candelabra, Austin Powers, and Tommy Boy. His two memoirs, Stories I Only Tell My Friends and Love Life, had been each New York Times Best Sellers. Lowe turned his first memoir right into a touring present referred to as Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live! Most not too long ago, Rob Lowe in and produced Fox’s 9-1-1 Texas-set spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star, and presently hosts and produces the #1 recreation present on tv, Fox’s The Floor. His Netflix comedy Unstable, from Victor Fresco and starring alongside his son, John Owen Lowe, was impressed by their social media relationship the place John Owen usually hilariously trolled his dad. Next up, Lowe will star in Bleecker Street’s The Third Parent alongside Crispin Glover. The actor is repped by WME, Brillstein, and Latham & Watkins.
