According to Variety, Snowpiercer actress Rowan Blanchard and Moana star Auli’i Cravalho have officially been tapped for the leading roles in Hulu’s upcoming coming-of-age romantic movie, which hails from producers Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph. Blanchard is set to portray the role of Paige, an aspiring artist who’s thrust out of her comfort zone. While Cravalho will be playing the character of AJ, an elusive track star who has always lived in the shadow of her twin sister.
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The untitled project will be directed by Sammi Cohen from a screenplay written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham. Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph are producing through their Animal Pictures banner. Producers are American High’s Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps & Ryan Bennett, Depth of Field’s Andrew Miano, Animal Pictures’ Danielle Renfrew Behrens, 3Arts’ Katie Newman, and LD Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell, and Pete Shilaimon.
“It centers on an aspiring artist who is forced to join her high school track team, using it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she’s been harboring a long-time crush on,” reads the synopsis. “Later, though, she finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate, only then discovering what real love feels like.”
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Max Butler, Depth of Field’s Britta Rowings and Dan Balgoyen, and LD Entertainment’s Michael Glassman will be executive producers on the new Hulu movie, and Rowings is set to oversee the project.
