EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Schwarzenegger continues his streak of touchdown high-profile roles as he’s set to star opposite Phoebe Dynevor in Beach Read, 20th Century Studios‘ adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel from Emily Henry.
Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a profitable romance novelist who struggles with grief and author’s block after her father’s dying and the invention of secrets and techniques he’s lengthy stored hidden. While spending the summer season in his Michigan seaside home to organize it on the market, she unexpectedly reconnects with Gus Everett, an writer who was as soon as her rival in faculty. Both creatively caught, they comply with a writing problem over the summer season, swapping literary genres whereas promising that there will probably be no romance between them. Of course, you recognize what they are saying in regards to the best-laid plans.
The seek for Gus was an intensive course of that happened over many months and whereas initially he was a darkish horse candidate and an surprising alternative, Schwarzenegger’s tape and chemistry learn with Dynevor blew away filmmakers and the studio.
Yulin Kuang, the co-writer of Netflix’s People We Meet on Vacation — one other Henry adaptation — is directing the characteristic take from her personal script, with Neal H. Moritz producing through his Original Films. Karina Rahardja will exec produce. Sarah Shepard and Catherine Hughes are overseeing for twentieth. The literary affairs group, led by Clare Reeth, spearheaded efforts to land rights to the ebook.
This position marks one other huge win for Schwarzenegger, who additionally ended up with lead opposite Margaret Qualley within the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios romantic drama Love Of Your Life. Schwarzenegger beat out quite a lot of younger actors for that half and a quantity had been additionally chasing Beach Read, marking two huge wins in a row for the rising star.
Schwarzenegger most lately starred as Saxon, the eldest Ratliff sibling, within the third season of Mike White’s Emmy-winning collection The White Lotus on HBO. The position earned him a few of the greatest opinions of his profession and is certain to have him within the combine this award season as Emmy voting is about to come back to a detailed.
Other credit embody starring as Tim Tebow in Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated restricted collection The Staircase and Prime Video’s The Terminal List and The Boys spinoff Gen V. Schwarzenegger additionally starred within the Netflix movie Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler, and filmed the sci-fi thriller Warning.
Schwarzenegger is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360, and legal professional Patrick Knapp.
