'' Sweethearts'' is an upcoming American

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed and co-written by

Jordan Weiss Jordan Weiss is an American writer and producer. She created and produced the Hulu series ''Dollface'' starring Kat Dennings, which premiered in November 2019. Weiss wrote the script for ''Dollface'' shortly after graduating from USC School of Ci ...

in her feature directorial debut. It was produced by

New Line Cinema New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after ...

Synopsis

A pair of college freshmen try and break up with their high school sweethearts on the same night before Thanksgiving.

Cast

* Charlie Hall *

Kiernan Shipka Kiernan Brennan Shipka (born November 10, 1999) is an American actress, best-known for her roles as Sally Draper in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), Sabrina Spellman in the Netflix series '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' (2018 ...

* Jake Bongiovi as Kellan *

Nico Hiraga Nico Hiraga (born December 19, 1997) is an American skateboarder and actor. He is known for playing Seth in the 2021 film ''Moxie'' and Tanner in the 2019 film ''Booksmart''. Hiraga's roles also include ''Summer of 17'', '' Skate Kitchen'', ''Bal ...

Caleb Hearon Caleb Hearon (born January 24, 1995) is an American comedian, writer and actor. He performed stand-up regularly in Chicago and also performed at iO Theater until relocating to Los Angeles in 2020. Hearon is a writer for the series ''Human Resources ...

* Tramell Tillman *

Christine Taylor Christine Joan Taylor Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Marcia Brady in ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' and ''A Very Brady Sequel'', as well as roles in films like '' The Craft'', '' The Wedding Singer'', '' ...

Production

Weiss co-wrote the screenplay with Dan Brier. Erik Feig and Jessica Switch serve as producers, with Picturestart producing for

Casting

The cast was revealed to include

and

in July 2022. In August 2022, Charlie Hall was added to the cast.

Filming

Principal photography was reportedly wrapped on the project in August 2022. Filming locations reportedly included Jersey City and Cranford and at

Ramapo College Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) is a public liberal arts college in Mahwah, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. As of the fall 2021 semester, there were a total of 5,732 students enrolled at the college ...

in Mahwah.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweethearts Upcoming films American romantic comedy films Films set in universities and colleges Films shot in New Jersey New Line Cinema films Thanksgiving in films Upcoming directorial debut films Upcoming English-language films