Romantic comedy Plus One from Studio71 US has been acquired by Hulu in the US for its streaming platform.
The movie premiered at this year’s 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival, where it won an Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.
Written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer, Plus One stars Maya Erskine (PEN15) and Jack Quaid (Vinyl) as longtime friends Alice and Ben, late 20-somethings who, after seeing everyone they know decide to get married, agree to be each other’s plus-one as they endure an endless parade of weddings.
The film also stars Ed Begley Jr., Beck Bennett, Rosalind Chao, Brianne Howey, Jon Bass and Finn Wittrock. The producer credits are shared by Ross Putman, Jeremy Reitz, Deborah Liebling, Greg Beauchamp, Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer.
Executive producers are Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock and Jackie Cohn for Red Hour Films, and Michael Schreiber and Dan Weinstein for Studio71 US. Lunacy Productions’ Stu Pollard and Harris McCabe, Inwood Road Films’ James Short and John Short, and Milan Chakraborty also executive produce.
RLJE Films are managing US distribution of the film.