Broken Road Productions is reportedly developing a new project alongside 20th Century Studios, titled as ‘Getting In’ which is rumored to star Lauren Lapkus and Michael Cimino in lead roles. Broken Road Productions are primarily known for their comedies and some of their popular works include, ‘Playing With Fire’ which premiered in 2019 and starred , ‘Brianna Hildebrand, John Cena, Tyler Mane and more, ‘Tag’ which was directed by Jeff Tomsic, ‘Isn’t it Romantic’ which premiered in 2019 as a romantic comedy and ‘True Memoirs of an International Assassin’ which premiered in 2016, among others.
The upcoming feature film is also predicted to be a comedy which will follow Pete Cantwell a high schooler who is days away from submitting his college applications before the deadlines approach. Left with no other option, his only hope of getting into a decent school seems to be to skip the family vacation and hire Megan Regan, a black-listed, “nuclear option” personal college admissions counselor. Except, this counselor is one who has matters of her own with being unconventional, possibly homeless, and owing a lot of money to the wrong people. Despite it all, she does offer promising results and what follows is a chaotic yet entertaining adventure with the two peculiar characters.
A Closer Look at the Cast and Crew for ‘Getting In’
Lauren Lapkus is an actress/ comedian whose is popular for a number of her performances including Missy in ‘The Wrong Missy’, Phoebe in ‘The Out-Laws’, Denise in ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and Mayor Tammy in ‘The Curse of Bridge Hollow’, to name a few. Michael Cimino is another known actor whose works include, ‘Love, Victor’ which ran for 3 seasons, ‘Never Have I Ever’ which starred Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Darren Barnet, Jaren Lewison, Poorna Jagannathan and more, ‘Senior Year’ which premiered in 2022, and more. In the upcoming film, Lauren Lapkus and Michael Cimino will potentially play the roles of Megan Regan and Pete Cantwell, respectively.
Erica Dunton is set to join the crew for ‘Getting In’ as its director. Being a known director, Erica Dunton’s works include, ‘To.get.her’ which premiered in 2011, ‘Find Love’ a romantic drama and ‘The 27 Club’ which premiered in 2008. Additionally, Erica Dunton will be composing the screenplay for ‘Getting In’ alongside Brandon Scott Jones and Brad Vassar. Brandon Scott Jones is primarily known as an actor/ comedian and his works include, ‘Renfield’ a horror comedy, ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ which was directed by Marielle Heller and Broken Road Productions’ ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ which starred Rebel Wilson. Brad Vassar is an emerging artist.
Todd Garner, the Founder of Broken Road Productions, will be heading the production crew for the upcoming film which is currently under development.