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  • Madelaine Petsch, Gavin Casalegno to Star in YA Romance ‘Chasing Red’

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    Madelaine Petsch and Gavin Casalegno will star in the upcoming young adult romance Chasing Red, based on the Wattpad webnovel by Isabelle Ronin.

    Mackenzie Munro will direct from a screenplay by Lauren Schacher, with Greg Silverman and Grant Torre of Stampede Ventures producing together with David Madden and Jason Goldberg of Webtoon Productions.

    Petsch will play Veronica, a straight-A student determined not to fall for college heartthrob Caleb (Casalegno) and become his next conquest, even after a chance encounter sparks an undeniable attraction between the two of them. But on the run from a painful past and with nowhere to go, Veronica ends up moving into Caleb’s home. As the two grow closer, secrets begin to unravel, in the words of the promotional blurb, “love and betrayal collide in this addictive, slow-burn romance.”

    Mister Smith Entertainment is handling international sales for the project and has closed deals for much of the world, with Amazon Prime Video taking the film for the U.K., Canada, Australia/New Zealand, France and Benelux; Capelight acquiring Germany; Leone Film Group taking Italian rights; Sun/Diamond handling Latin America, Spain, Portugal and South Africa; and Svensk taking the film for Scandinavia among other deals.

    Wattpad is the online publisher of Anna Todd’s After series, which was turned into a five-film franchise that grossed $168 million globally. Chasing Red is the platform’s second most-read English-language title, with 261 million online reads. The story has been adapted into a Webtoon webcomic with 24 million views and published as both a print novel by Sourcebooks and a graphic novel by Webtoon Unscrolled.

    Petsch, best-known for her breakout role as Cheryl Blossom on CW series Riverdale, produced and starred in the Amazon romantic comedy Maintenance Required, alongside Jacob Scipio. She appears in Lionsgate’s The Strangers, a three-film reboot of the psychological horror franchise, directed by Renny Harlin, with The Strangers: Chapter 3 set for release next year. She recently wrapped Killer Films’ Pretty Babies, from director Tyler-Marie Evans.

    Casalegno stars as Jeremiah Fisher on Amazon Prime Video’s hit series The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on Jenny Han’s bestselling novels. He will next appear alongside Kathryn Newton and Lana Condor in the Jeff Wadlow-directed thriller The Devil’s Mouth for Amazon MGM.

    Munro previously directed Wattpad’s independently financed romantic comedy Boot Camp (2024), and the 2021 feature Salvation.

    Petsch is represented by CAA, Mosaic, The Lede Company and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Casalegno is represented by Bold Agency, UTA, Luber Roklin Entertainment, Vision PR and Skrzyniarz & Mallean. Munro is represented by Sugar23 and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson + Christopher LLP.

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    Scott Roxborough

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  • Unfortunately, I Watched My Life With The Walter Boys

    Unfortunately, I Watched My Life With The Walter Boys

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    Let me just start by saying that I actually hate romance, and I don’t discriminate. I hate romance film, books, and television shows: the tacky plot, the cringe writing, the insufferable characters. But, to be transparent, I watch every single teeny-bopper love triangle show on the market.

    I loved to hate The Summer I Turned Pretty, the adaptation of Jenny Han’s novel starring Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno, and Christopher Briney in which Belly (Tung) falls in love with not one, but two brothers. It took over the world, having 30 year old women debating the question: Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah?

    The “stuck between two brothers” trope is ever-popular and goes hand-in-hand with the classic Love Triangle. Think The Vampire Diaries, where Elena can’t decide who’s really right for her: Stefan or Damon. Or Twilight’s ever-present battle of Team Edward vs. Team Jacob. So when I hear that Netflix has released their dupe of The Summer I Turned Pretty, I figured it would be the same, deliciously terrible media that we all love to consume…

    Except it’s inherently terrible. Originally a Wattpad novel by Ali Novak, My Life With The Walter Boysfollows recent orphan Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) as she’s forced to move from Manhattan to Silver Falls, Colorado to live with her mom’s best friend (and her plethora of 10 sons) on a ranch.

    Immediately, she’s torn between two boys: Cole, ex-football player who had a full ride to Alabama before he was injured (more on this later), and book nerd Alex, who is shy, soft-spoken, and making a play at Jackie’s heart. It has all the makings of the worst Hallmark film you’ve seen: overworked Manhattan socialite gets lost in small town with lumberjack that teaches her the meaning of Christmas. Except the men of the show are laughable at best.

    Starting with Cole (Noah LaLonde), who absolutely cannot let anyone enjoy a football game without having a tantrum that he can’t play. Seriously, the guy had a breakdown when he learned someone else was wearing his number. So obviously, the clear lack of therapy and emotional comprehension is already a red flag…and to make matters worse he’s still in high school, so he just doesn’t want to play football if you ask me.

    Jackie and Cole

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    And then there’s Alex (Ashby Gentry). Hopeless, hopeless Alex. The Jeremiah of the brotherly duo. Poor Alex likes to read in his free time and is clearly the safer option for recently traumatized Jackie Howard. I have minimal problems with Alex in the same way I hate every character in this show, but his behavior offends me the least.

    The show begs the question: what would happen if you combine The Vampire Diaries, The Fosters, The Summer I Turned Pretty…and gave it no plot with bad writing? And don’t you dare blame it on the Wattpad of it all…how could you when it gave us cinematic masterpieces like After?!

    What is normally tolerable about these shows is that they are so simple, and the dialogue is so outrageous, that you physically can’t stop watching these characters ruin their lives. However, all I could think about while watching My Life With The Walter Boysis that every single character needs the heaviest of in-patient therapy.

    Nevertheless, like all incessant annoyances in my life, My Life With The Walter Boys has been renewed for second season. And I guess I’ll have to watch.

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    Jai Phillips

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