Kyle MacLachlan and Justin Long have joined Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy in You Deserve Each Other, an Amazon MGM romantic comedy based on the novel by Sarah Hogle.
The feature, budgeted in the mid-$20 million range, is in production in New York with Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn, the writers who have been behind rom-com hits Never Been Kissed, and He’s Just Not That Into You, directing.
Also joining the call sheet are Ana Gesteyer, Timothy Busfield, Delaney Rowe, Lisa Gilroy, and Alyssa Limperis. Fifth Season is one of the entities producing the feature.
Described as a lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, You Deserve Each Other follows Naomi and Nick, a couple who are about to get married and live happily ever after except for one thing: They’ve fallen completely out of love. With the wedding rapidly approaching and its pressure mounting, they both resolve to secretly push the other into calling off the wedding using all means at their disposal — pranks, sabotage and all-out emotional warfare. (Don’t worry, they fall back in love along the way.
Long will play Badgley’s Nick’s best friend, while MacLachlan is the character’s father.
Veteran actor MacLachlan is best known for his work on David Lynch’s Twin Peaks series and movies, and for appearing on Portlandia. He also appeared on Amazon’s hit series Fallout. The actor is repped by UTA and Management 360.
Long, whose body of work ranges from Galaxy Quest and Jeepers Creepers to Kevin Smith’s Tusk, made waves with a surprising turn in Zach Cregger’s cult hit Barbarian. He also appeared on the first season of Disney+’s Goosebumps. Long is repped by IAG and Yorn Levine.