Red Hour Films & Studio71 announce new romantic comedy Plus One

Today, Studio71 and Red Hour Films announced the start of production of Plus One, a romantic comedy starring Maya Erskine (Casual, Man Seeking Woman) and Jack Quaid (Logan Lucky, Vinyl, The Hunger Games). Co-written and directed by Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan, Ed Begley, Jr. (Better Call Saul, Arrested Development), Perrey Reeves (Entourage), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story, The Big Short), Rosalind Chao (The Joy Luck Club), Jon Bass (Baywatch) and Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live) round out the cast.

Set during the inevitable year that all late 20-somethings experience—in which seemingly every person they know gets married— Plus One follows Alice (Erskine) and Ben (Quaid), long-time friends who agree to be one another’s plus ones as they power through an endless parade of insufferable weddings.

Plus One is executive produced by Red Hour’s Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock and Jackie Cohn, in addition to Studio71’s Dan Weinstein, Michael Schreiber and Amee Dolleman. Producers on the film include Debbie Liebling, Ross Putman, Jeremy Reitz and Greg Beauchamp.

The acclaimed indie rock-band, Real Estate, will be contributing original songs for the film.

“Relatability and realism are super important to us, and it’s why we are so drawn to Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine for Ben and Alice. Aside from being hysterical, they have such an effortless, natural quality to them that makes these characters feel like real people,”said filmmakers Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan.

Plus One is one of many feature-length productions Studio71 has in the works and comes on the heels of the company’s recent announcement of Saving Zoe. Red Hour is currently in production on the Showtime event miniseries Escape at Dannemora , and recently wrapped production on two films for Netflix, Eggplant Emoji and Alex Strangelove.

Lunacy Productions’ Stu Pollard and Harris McCabe also executive produce, as well as James Short and John Short of Inwood Road Films and Milan Chakraborty. Jack Quaid is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content. Maya Erskine is represented by Gersh. Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan are represented by Verve and Anonymous Content.

About Red Hour Films

Red Hour is dedicated to discovering new writers and filmmakers while developing projects with a mainstream sensibility across multiple media platforms. Led by Ben Stiller and Nicholas Weinstock, Red Hour has set up a wide range of features and television shows at studios and networks, many financed through their partnership with Bold Films. The company is currently in production on the Showtime event miniseries Escape at Dannemora , an eight-episode drama directed by Stiller, and starring Academy Award winners Benecio Del Toro and Patricia Arquette. They also recently wrapped production on two films for Netflix, Eggplant Emoji and Alex Strangelove. Other major film credits include The Secret Life of Water Mitty, Tropic Thunder, Dodgeball, and Zoolander. On the television front, Red Hour has produced an array of comedy series including IFC’s The Birthday Boys and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Big Time in Hollywood, FL and Another Period. On the even smaller screen, Red Hour Digital was behind the Emmy®-nominated Bachelor-parody Burning Love.