Nick Jonas Set For New Netflix Rom-Com From Director Ari Sandel

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EXCLUSIVE: Nick Jonas (Power Ballad) has inked a deal 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 film 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.

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