Universal has supplied a primary take a look at One Night Only, its new romantic comedy starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, from Anyone however You’s Will Gluck.
The movie’s official logline had been saved beneath wraps. But at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Wednesday, we realized that what was rumored concerning the movie is actual — that it’s set in a world the place premarital intercourse is allowed just one evening a yr and follows a pair who meet on that evening.
Before unveiling a trailer, the studio performed a sizzle reel of its previous iconic rom-coms, noting, “Once upon a time, people fell in love on the big screen.”
Now, the sizzle noticed: “Fewer romantic comedies than ever before. If we don’t act now, love will leave theaters forever.” Thankfully, this summer time, there’s nonetheless “hope,” of their view, within the type of One Night Only.
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The trailer opens with a younger man (Turner) and girl (Barbaro) flirting in a pizzeria, speaking about the perfect a part of intercourse. Turner says it’s “the after, two people lying there sharing a secret.”
We minimize to 10 hours earlier and listen to Barbaro discussing how laborious discovering love is, notably in a world with unusually particular guidelines in relation to sexuality. Her title is Allie, and she or he desires to “find something real.”
Has she, in Turner’s Owen? We’ll discover out.
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Gluck directed One Night Only from his personal script — a rewrite of an authentic from Travis Braun, which topped the 2024 Black List. The pic marks his return to the rom-com style after titles reminiscent of Easy A, Friends with Benefits, and Anyone however You, the final of which turned an outsized theatrical hit at $220M worldwide.
Also starring Molly Ringwald, LeVar Burton, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, and Este Haim, the movie is slated to open August 7. It’s produced by Gluck and Jacqueline Monetta by way of their Olive Bridge Entertainment.
