Menik Gooneratne, Nikesh Patel and Saagar Shaikh will headline “Written in the Stars,” a romantic comedy set inside Melbourne’s Sri Lankan group and based mostly on Su Dharmapala’s bestselling novel “The Wedding Season.”
Manufacturing is ready to start in Melbourne subsequent month, with Blue Fox Leisure dealing with worldwide gross sales on the Cannes Film Market.
Gooneratne — whose credit embody “Pluribus” and “Mortal Engines” — performs Shani, a girl who turns to Vedic astrology to discover a appropriate associate and lands in a love triangle between her faculty greatest good friend Rohan, performed by Patel, and a dashing newcomer named Bhatiya, performed by Shaikh.
Fawzia Mirza, who directed on Hulu’s “Deli Boys,” will helm and govt produce from Gooneratne’s screenplay, which was chosen for the Blacklist’s 2021 CAPE Listing recognizing high scripts from Asian writers. The movie is produced by Leanne Tonkes, Melissa Russo, Jenni Tosi and Gooneratne for Sense and Centsability, Andria Wilson Mirza for Child Daal Prods. and Marc Tetreault and Jason Levangie for Shut Up & Color Photos.
The Australian-Canadian co-production is backed by Display Australia, in affiliation with Telefilm Canada. Maslow Leisure will distribute in Australia, with Mongrel Media dealing with Canada.
Patel is greatest recognized for his lead function reverse Rose Matafeo in BBC/HBO Max’s “Starstruck” and is ready to return for the third season of Amazon thriller “The Devil’s Hour.” Shaikh at the moment stars as Raj Dar in Hulu’s “Deli Boys” — Season 2 premieres Could 28 — and beforehand appeared in Marvel Studios’ “Ms. Marvel” on Disney+ earlier than reprising the function in “The Marvels.” Gooneratne is connected to “Prawn Curry Christmas,” which is the 2025 West Coast Visions recipient, and is slated for manufacturing in 2026.
