Miranda Cosgrove & Pierson Fode To Topline Netflix Rom-Com ‘The Wrong Paris’
EXCLUSIVE: Miranda Cosgrove (Mother of the Bride) and Pierson Fode (The Man from Toronto) have signed on to star in The Wrong Paris, a new romantic comedy that Janeen Damian (Irish Wish) will direct for Netflix.
Written by Nicole Henrich, the film centers on Dawn (Cosgrove), who is desperate to get to France for a once-in-a-lifetime art opportunity. Thus, she talks her way onto a Bachelor-type dating show set in Paris — only to discover the show is actually set in Paris, Texas as part of a ratings stunt by the producers. Now in jeopardy of losing out on her dreams, Dawn must find a way to get kicked off the show, until a real romance begins to blossom with Trey (Fode), the show’s handsome and charming bachelor.
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Producers on the project include Brad Krevoy for MPCA and Michael Damian. Janeen Damian, Amanda Phillips, Jimmy Townsend, Kelly Fraizer and Galen Fletcher are serving as executive producers.
Breaking out early in life as one of the stars of Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, and the lead of its subsequent series iCarly, Cosgrove has most recently been seen starring opposite Brooke Shields in Mark Waters’ Netflix rom-com Mother of the Bride, which spent five weeks in the streamer’s Global Top 10 Films (English) and reached the Top 10 Films in 92 countries. This year, she also reprised her voice role as Margo in Despicable Me 4, which grossed over $580 million worldwide.
Fode is perhaps best known for his work in television, having thus far been seen on series like Based on a True Story, Leverage: Redemption, Animal Kingdom and The Real Bros of Simi Valley, among others. Among his film credits is Netflix’s The Man from Toronto starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson.
Most recently directing and exec producing Netflix’s hit rom-com Irish Wish, starring Lindsay Lohan, which hit #1 in 69 countries in its first weekend, Damian prior to that directed the Lohan-led holiday rom-com Falling for Christmas for the streamer.
Cosgrove is represented by Gersh, Untitled Entertainment, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Fode by Innovative Artists, Zero Gravity Management, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer; Janeen Damian by Independent Artist Group and attorney Alan Abrams; and Henrich by Slanted Wheel Entertainment.
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