Nick Jonas (Power Ballad) has signed on to star in an untitled Netflix rom-com from director Ari Sandel (The DUFF).
Penned by Tamara Chestna, a writer with credits like "Something from Tiffany’s" and "Moxie", the project follows a perennial bachelor whose carefree life is upended when he unexpectedly inherits his cousin’s infant child. Just as he gets a grip on life as a dad, complications arise when the child’s godmother appears around the holidays to claim custody of her. What ensues is a love story, neither saw coming.
Steve Barnett is producing for Monarch Media, alongside Mark Ross for Lincoln Road Films, Spencer Berman, and Jonas for Powered by Jonas and Chestna. Alan Powell and Vicky Patel are exec producing for Monarch.
Jonas has had a productive couple of months, premiering his musical dramedy "Power Ballad" to critical acclaim at SXSW.
He recently inked a deal to star opposite Kathryn Newton in "White Elephant," a new holiday horror film marking MRC’s first under a new horror-thriller partnership with Radio Silence and Project X, dubbed RSPX.
Jonas stars opposite Paul Rudd in "Power Ballad," the latest film from Once‘s John Carney, which Lionsgate releases June 5.
Later this year, he will also be seen starring alongside Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart in the latest Jumanji film from Columbia Pictures.
Best known for directing the teen comedy "The DUFF" starring Mae Whitman, Sandel won an Oscar for his USC Film School thesis short "West Bank Story" and most recently directed "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" for Sony.
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