Passionflix has found its leads for the upcoming film adaptation ofTangled, based on the popular romance series by NYT and USA Today bestselling authorEmma Chase, and Collider can exclusively reveal thatJosh PlasseandKatherine Hugheshave been cast in the roles of Drew and Kate.
First published in 2013,Tangled(the first book in a contemporary romance series of the same name consisting of sequelsTwisted,Tamed, andTied) follows the relationship between the handsome, arrogant investment banker Drew Evans and Katherine Brooks, who encounters the gorgeous playboy after being hired at his father’s firm. Turns out Kate’s the one woman who refuses to fall prey to Drew’s charms — which, of course, only makes her more irresistible to him.
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Plasse is best known for his roles onGrey’s Anatomy,The Baxters, and most recently, the reboot ofiCarlyfor Paramount+, where he played Wesley on the final three episodes of the first season. Hughes has appeared in such films asMe and Earl and the Dying Girl, as well as TV shows likeKingdomandMy Dead Ex. She’ll also be appearing in the thriller seriesEcho 3for Apple TV+, starringMichiel HuismanandLuke Evans.Tangledwill be directed byTraci Hays(Hannah Cooks At Home) with screenplay written byMary Pocrnic(Gabriel’s Inferno,This Man).
No release date has yet been set forTangled, which will premiere exclusively onPassionflix. Check out the movie’s announcement trailer and official synopsis below:
When rich, handsome, and arrogant meets beautiful, brilliant, and ambitious, things are bound to get tangled.
Drew Evans makes multimillion-dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed? He’ll tell you he has the flu, but we all know that’s not really true.
When Katherine Brooks is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating.
How can one woman turn a smooth-talking player into a broken, desperate man? By making the one thing he never wanted in life the only thing he can’t live without.
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