Noah Beck, the internet’s most loved boy-future-door influencer and athlete, is set to star in romantic comedy “The QB Bad Boy and Me” — marking his characteristic-movie performing debut.
The movie is being developed by Creator Additionally, a written content studio and distribution system startup concentrated on for digital creators, together with Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the admirer-pushed world entertainment and publishing arm of Webtoon and Wattpad. There is at this time no release date or extra casting particulars.
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“The QB Terrible Boy and Me” is based on Tay Marley’s Wattpad story of the very same name, which at the moment has more than 30 million reads on the platform. The revealed novel variation of Marley’s “The QB Negative Boy and Me” has been one of the prime-providing titles from Wattpad Books. Writer Mary Gulino (Disney Plus’ “Haley’s On It,” Amazon’s “Upload”) is on board to adapt for the screen.
“I am thrilled to be partnering with this incredible workforce and am honored to carry Tay’s beloved story and people to life,” Beck said in a statement offered to Selection. “I can’t wait around to get to function and to dive in on all imaginative elements of the movie.”
Useless to say, Beck will portray the aforementioned poor-boy quarterback. In “The QB Negative Boy and Me,” small-town large university cheerleader Dallas Bryan is intent on acquiring a coveted dance scholarship to CalArts — and nothing and no one particular is likely to stand in her way. That all changes when her school’s star quarterback, Drayton Lahey (Beck), crashes into her everyday living.
Beck, 20, has much more than 45 million put together followers across social platforms. He at this time serves as govt producer and hosts unscripted collection “Noah Beck Attempts Points,” from Paramount and Awesomeness. Beck most not too long ago designed his scripted performing debut in Nickelodeon collection “Side Hustle.” He also introduced his very first podcast, “Put a Sock In It,” which he hosts together with written content creator and recording artist Larri “Larray” Merritt.
Production on “The QB Terrible Boy and Me” is scheduled to start this summer months. Aron Levitz and Lindsey Weems Ramey from Wattpad Webtoon Studios are set to generate alongside Adam Wescott, Nick Phillips and McKenna Marshall from Creator As well as. Beck will also make with his supervisor Maxwell Mitcheson serving as government producer.
“Noah’s rabid viewers merged with ‘QB’s’ confirmed readership generate the best storm for a movie adaptation,” Wescott, head of studio for Creator As well as, mentioned in a assertion. “We’re excited for this playful and sweet YA comedy to come to existence.”
Creator As well as, founded very last calendar year, is financing generation and improvement of a movie slate headed by online-native talent and guarantees to give associates resourceful acceptance and to share profits. The very first window of distribution for its movies will be on Creator Additionally, where by individual titles will be readily available for invest in, with secondary distribution prepared for streaming services and other outlets.
Creator Plus’ inaugural attribute, “Jane,” set for mid-2022 release, stars Madelaine Petsch (“Riverdale”), who’s also producing, together with singer-songwriter Chlöe Bailey (portion of the sister duo Chloe X Halle), Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”), Ian Owens and design Chloe Yu. Added productions include comedy “Diamond in the Rough” (slated for summer time 2022), starring Samantha Boscarino (Disney’s “Good Luck Charlie”) and TikTok star, entrepreneur and former Sway Home member Griffin Johnson (MTV’s “Ridiculousness”), who stars and serves as a producer.
At first from Arizona, Beck played soccer for the University of Portland and went viral inside of a thirty day period of building his TikTok account throughout the pandemic. He moved to L.A. in mid-2020 to pursue a career as a comprehensive-time creator.
Beck is repped by TalentX, CAA, Shelter PR, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
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