Ron Perlman & Rupert Everett To Play Unlikely Couple In Romantic Dramedy ‘Out Late' As WTFilms Lines-Up Cannes Market Launch

Ron Perlman & Rupert Everett To Play Unlikely Couple In Romantic Dramedy ‘Out Late’ As WTFilms Lines-Up Cannes Market Launch

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Perlman and Rupert Everett have signed to co-star in Thomas Michael’s upcoming romantic dramedy Out Late revolving around the unlikely romance between a macho, blue-collar Italian widower and a retired dancer.

Paris and L.A.-based WTFilms will launch sales on the film at Cannes.

Michael will direct from a screenplay co-written with Paolo Mancini. The feature reunites the writing team with Perlman, who starred in their 2022 action thriller The Baker alongside Harvey Keitel.

Perlman will play recent widower Angelo who is forced to confront a deeply hidden personal truth when he meets and strikes up an unlikely friendship with openly gay dancer Edmond. Though he’s never had the courage to admit it to himself, let alone his family, church and community, Angelo is gay.

When Angelo’s adult children and friends start to suspect he is dating a man, they do everything they can to shove him back into the closet. Navigating the fears and prejudices of everyone around him, Angelo must choose between fitting in and finally being true to himself. Better out late than never.

“Romcoms are back in force. What a gift to have Rupert Everett returning to that genre after the classic My Best Friend’s Wedding. This is a funny and touching script about finding your truth and growing older that will appeal to a wider audience just like Beginners or Supernova. Thomas is a masterful filmmaker who has assembled a duo that will surprise and delight”, says Gregory Chambet of WTFilms.

“This script is a deeply personal story and I’m thrilled to have the incredible talents of Ron Perlman and Rupert Everett. They are the cast of my dreams and I cannot wait to share this journey with them”, says Michael.

Production is scheduled to begin late summer in Montreal with Barbara Shrier (The Red Violin, The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom, Brain Freeze) producing through her company Palomar, with Michael also serving as producer.

“Support for this film had been overwhelming. We are grateful to be part of such a vibrant filmmaking community here in Quebec” says Barbara Shrier.

Ron Perlman was recently seen in Adam Mackay’s Don’t Look Up and Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley.

Rupert Everett won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance as Julia Robert’s ‘plus one’ in 1998 feature My Best Friend’s Wedding. More recent credits include his 2018 directorial debut The Happy Prince, in which he also starred, and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.

Everett is repped by CAA and The Artist Partnership. Michael is repped by Jon Levin and attorney, Jamie Feldman.

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