Kane Brown Joins ‘The Token Groomsman’ Film Reverse Taylor Lautner

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-platinum-selling nation star Kane Brown will make his function movie debut reverse Taylor Lautner in The Token Groomsman, a brand new romantic comedy from director Natalie Simpkins.

The indie follows the career-focused Scott (Lautner), who has hit all-time low at work when he finds himself invited to be a groomsman at an elite, luxurious, vacation spot marriage ceremony. The one drawback is he doesn’t bear in mind who the groom is!  Enticed by the wealthy and highly effective, and hoping to make some new enterprise connections, Scott jets off to Italy planning to mix in and shortly money out. However when sparks unexpectedly fly with the groom’s sister Mia, Scott has to determine between “closing the deal” for cash, or for love.

Brown will play Neil, the very best good friend and ethical compass to Scott. As Scott stumbles via a chaotic weekend, Neil proves a ride-or-die good friend who will be the solely sane voice within the insanity of marriage ceremony season.

When casting the half, mentioned Simpkins, “We knew we would have liked daring, lovable personalities to match the center and humor of this story. Kane brings one thing so distinctive. He has a uncommon mixture of vulnerability and magnetism that’s extremely compelling.”

Simpkins co-wrote the screenplay for The Token Groomsman with John C. Corridor and Sohale Andrus Mortazavi, working from a narrative by Corridor. Pam Renall and Corridor will produce via their Retinue Media manufacturing firm, together with Simpkins. Manufacturing begins later this 12 months. The Fithian Group’s Attend will oversee a 2,500-screen U.S. theatrical launch, with Radiant Movies Worldwide dealing with world gross sales.

A 3-time host of the CMT Awards, Brown made his performing debut in an episode of CBS’s Fireplace Nation in 2023. He first broke onto the music scene in 2016 together with his self-titled, 2X Platinum debut album, the place he turned the primary artist ever to guide all 5 of Billboard’s most important nation charts concurrently and earned two of the most-streamed nation songs of all time. With 12 No. 1 singles at Nation radio, internationally sold-out excursions and stadium dates, he’s already in his profession been named to the Time100 listing and secured a number of ACM, Billboard, AMA, CMT and Individuals’s Alternative Award nominations. His fourth studio album, The Excessive Street, is out now.

Brown is represented by Neon Coast and WME.