EXCLUSIVE: Rita Ora (He Bled Neon) has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios‘ dramedy Honeymoon with Harry, opposite Kevin Costner, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Sarah Pidgeon.
No word yet on the role to be played by Ora. She returns to work with Amazon after starring alongside Henry Cavill and Sterling K. Brown in their Voltron film, helmed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, which is expected to release next year.
Based on the book by Bart Baker, Honeymoon with Harry follows a rough-around-the-edges man (Gyllenhaal) who ends up sharing an unwanted journey with his fiancée’s (Pidgeon) prickly, overprotective father (Costner) after a life-altering turn upends their plans. Against the backdrop of an island honeymoon, the two men clash and bicker before gradually uncovering an unexpected bond.
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are directing from a script by Dan Fogelman. Producers include Fogelman, Mike Karz via Gulfstream Pictures, and Jennifer Salke via her recently launched Sullivan Street Productions banner. The project marks the latter’s first with Amazon MGM since stepping down as head of the studio and her producing debut.
Salke reunites with Fogelman after championing his hit family drama This Is Us during her pre-Amazon MGM days as President of NBC Entertainment. The film also marks Ficarra and Requa’s continued collaboration with Fogelman, following their work together on Crazy, Stupid, Love, This Is Us, and Paradise, and reunites Gulfstream with Amazon MGM after producing their films Upgraded, Pretty Lethal, and Goodbye Girl.
A British pop star who broke out the early 2010s with chart-topping hits like “R.I.P.” and “How We Do (Party),” both off of her debut album Ora, Ora will next be seen in Disney’s Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, reprising her role of Queen of Hearts. Other film credits include Drew Kirsch’s action-thriller He Bled Neon, which is coming off its SXSW premiere, and the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. She is represented by Range Media Partners and UTA.