and Glen Powell showcase their much-discussed chemistry within the first trailer for Sony Pictures’ romantic comedy “Anyone but You,” premiering in theaters on Dec. 22.
Directed by (“Simple A”), “Anybody however You” has been touted as a unfastened modernization of Shakespeare’s “A lot Ado About Nothing.” The movie’s official logline reads, “When faculty arch-nemeses reunite years after commencement for a vacation spot wedding ceremony, they fake to be a pair for their very own private causes. However by means of pretending, they really fall in love.”
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“Let’s simply inform everybody we’re collectively,” Sweeney says to Powell whereas they take a sundown sailboat trip. “There’s no means we might persuade anybody we really like one another,” he responds. Although the 2 roll their eyes, footage flashing all through the trailer makes it clear their chemistry is simple.
Sweeney turned a breakout star in HBO’s “Euphoria,” whereas Powell is greatest recognized for his function within the hit blockbuster sequel “Prime Gun: Maverick.” They’re joined in “Anybody however You” by rom-com fixture Dermot Mulroney (“My Finest Buddy’s Wedding ceremony,” “The Wedding ceremony Date”), Michelle Hurd (“Star Trek: Picard”), Alexandra Shipp (“Tick, Tick … Increase!”), Darren Barnet (“By no means Have I Ever”), Rachel Griffiths (“Six Toes Underneath”), Bryan Brown (“Australia”), GaTa “Dave,” Hadley Robinson (“Little Ladies”) and Joe Davidson (“Neighbours”).
Gluck co-wrote the movie with Ilana Wolpert (“Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Sequence”) and produces with Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth. Govt producers embrace Sweeney, Alyssa Altman, Jacqueline Monetta and Natalie Vendor.
The movie was first announced in January after paparazzi and followers noticed the manufacturing in Australia, instantly stirring up rumors of a real-life romance. In April, Sweeney and Powell made an look at CinemaCon and shocked audiences with raunchy first footage.
“Sydney performs a personality [who is] an actual nightmare,” Powell informed the viewers, to which Sweeney rebutted that Powell’s character is an “asshole.” Sweeney continued, “What higher place to place a nightmare and an asshole than on the opposite facet of the world in essentially the most romantic setting possible?”
In Sweeney’s Variety cover story in August, she addressed the hypothesis, saying: “It’s a rom-com. That’s what folks need! Glen and I don’t actually care. We now have a lot enjoyable collectively, and we respect one another a lot; he’s such a tough employee, and I’m a tough employee. We’re excited for the press tour, and I actually simply left ADR with him. We discuss on a regular basis like, ‘That’s actually humorous.’”
Watch the trailer for “Anybody however You” under.
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