EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured the North American rights to the romantic drama alone togetherwritten, directed by and starring Katie Holmes, which will make its world premiere in the Spotlight Narrative section of the Tribeca Film Festival on June 14. Vertical plans to release the film theatrically exclusively on July 22, with a VOD arc to follow July 29.
alone together follows June (Holmes), a food critic who travels upstate for a short romantic getaway to escape the pandemic in New York, whose plans go awry from the start. Arriving at the Airbnb before her boyfriend, John (Derek Luke), she’s shocked to find he’s been double-booked by recently single Charlie (Jim Sturgess). When John decides to stay in town to take care of his parents, June has to settle for the long haul as she realizes that the first two weeks of the pandemic may well last a little longer than expected. As spring begins to unfold around them, June and Charlie enjoy the sudden break from their routines and develop an unexpected intimacy as they bond over their goals, ambitions and, of course, their relationships.
Becky Ann Baker (New Amsterdam), Zosie Mamet (The stewardess) and Melissa Leo (revenge measure) complete the cast of the film, which Holmes produced alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions, SSS’ Entertainments Shaun Sanghani and Lafayette Pictures. Its executive producers are Peter Jarowey, Rich Goldberg, Mitch Budin, Roman Kopelvich, Eric Broughton, Jennifer Broughton, Gregory Ruden, Anne Ruden, Jason Kringstein, Scott Levenson, Lee Broda, Colby Cote, Kade Thomas, Jackie Palkovicz, Michael Palkovicz and Michael J. Rothstein.
“From the moment Katie presented the script to us, we fell in love with it. We knew we had to produce this film,” Levine and Beckerman said in a joint statement. pandemic life, it’s a timeless story of joy and hope.”
“Katie has created a poignant, relatable and humorous love story on Lockdown, touching on common experiences we’ve all faced during the pandemic,” Vertical Entertainment Partner Jarowey added. “It’s pure entertainment that we think moviegoers will connect with on many levels.”
Vertical Entertainment is a global independent distributor, founded in 2012, which also recently acquired Tribeca-related political satire land of dreamswith Sheila Vand, Matt Dillon and many more. The company’s other upcoming releases include Eli Horowitz’s 2022 thriller SXSW. The cow, with Winona Ryder and John Gallagher Jr.; Sundance 2022 photo of John Patton Ford Criminal Emily, with Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi; and Krystin Ver Linden’s Sundance drama Alicewith Keke Palmer, Common, Gaius Charles and Jonny Lee Miller.
Jarowey and Tony Piantedosi brokered the deal for alone together on behalf of Vertical Entertainment, with Beckerman and Levine of Yale Productions and ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers.
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