A new romance film is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios and is looking to score with audiences.
The studio is developing the romantic drama feature Vineyard Haven, with All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll penning the script and serving as executive producer, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Michael McGrath are set to produce for Berlanti Schechter Films.
Vineyard Haven follows two teenagers who share a memorable summer on Martha’s Vineyard and hope to meet up again over subsequent summers but can never make it happen. They get a chance to reconnect nearly a decade later, as he is now an NBA star heading back to the Vineyard to deal with an injury, while she has returned home to recover from a difficult marriage.
Okoro Carroll served as executive producer and showrunner of The CW’s All American, which aired its series finale last month after eight seasons. She also served as creator, executive producer and showrunner for spinoff series All American: Homecoming, in addition to NBC’s Found. Okoro Carroll, who was co-executive producer on such projects as The Resident and Rosewood, has an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.
Forthcoming titles for Berlanti Schechter Films include the Netflix thriller movie An Innocent Girl, starring Kerry Washington, James Marsden, Colman Domingo and Chloe East, and Amazon MGM’s sequel Red, White & Royal Wedding that sees Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez reprising their roles.
Okoro Carroll is represented by UTA, Patti Felker and JR McGinnis at Felker McGinnis & Ryan and Adesuwa McCalla at MetaMorphic Entertainment.
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