![]() Based on the New York Times best-seller from Nicola Yoon, the film. Ry brought her incredible passion to this story and was also excited to bring New York alive in a way that would be new for audiences. Riverdale breakout Charles Melton has been tapped to star opposite Yara Shahidi in the YA adaptation The Sun Is Also a Star. States producer Leslie Morgenstein, “‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ has the timeless theme of first love, but is also very topical, weaving in the subject of immigration and deportation with what it’s like to be young in America. ![]() deportation law that will, in just 24 hours, put the character of Natasha and her entire family on a plane to Jamaica, away from everything she knows and loves, everything she considers home. The film pits the law of attraction against a U.S. And to tell an immigrant love story that plays out in one of the most diverse cities in the world was perhaps the most exciting to me, creatively.” I also grew up in New York City, roamed those streets, and fell in love there, so it was personal to me. “With this story, I felt that urgency, that ticking clock. ![]() “When I approach any project, I look for what makes it different, or special-why we need to tell the story now,” says director Ry Russo-Young. And in a city of more than eight million people, what are the odds that anyone will find the one…or that their paths will even cross? In “The Sun Is Also a Star,” opposites attract against the backdrop of one of the busiest and most vibrant cities in the world: New York. “THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR” SYNOPSIS: “Can a poet and a pragmatist fall in love? What if they only have 24 hours to find out? Something like love at first sight has struck Daniel Bae, but he soon learns he has just one day to not only get Natasha Kingsley to fall for him, but to convince her that romantic love exists in the first place. In theaters May 17th, The Sun Is Also a Star follows the story of Natasha (Yara Shahidi), a Jamaican immigrant living in New York who has less than 24 hours before she and her family get deported. If you look on my sidebar, you can see my video clip of interviewing them as well, have a great Thursday everyone! I had the pleasure of interviewing these two actors a few weeks ago and they were so much fun to chat with! Check out more pics an their interview inside. MICHAEL STRAHAN, YARA SHAHIDI, CHARLES MELTON sat down to discuss their new film, The Sun Is Also A Star. The music is by Herdís Stefánsdóttir (“The Hate U Give”).Last week, BTS performed live from Central Park to kick off the GMA Summer Concert Series on “Good Morning America,” Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw (“Teen Spirit”), production designer Wynn Thomas (“Hidden Figures”), editor Joe Landauer (“Before I Fall”), and costume designer Deirdra Elizabeth Govan (“Sorry to Bother You”). The film’s producers are Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, who served as producers on “Everything, Everything.” Pamela Hirsch served as executive producer. Apby Brea Cubit Image Source: Cosmopolitan / Eric Ray Davidson Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton have graced Cosmopolitan 's April issue, and I'm going to need a moment to recover from. Russo-Young directed from a screenplay by Tracy Oliver (“Girls Trip”). The Sun Is Also a Star was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and has received multiple accolades, including: 2016 National Book Award Finalist Amazon’s Best Book of 2016 in YA Amazon’s Top 20 Children’s Books of 2016 in YA the New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016 and Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Books of 2016. Yara Shahidi & Charles Melton Play Romance Trivia. Directed by Ry Russo-Young (“Before I Fall”), the film is based on the acclaimed bestseller by Everything, Everything author Nicola Yoon. The film stars Yara Shahidi (“grown-ish”) as Natasha and Charles Melton (“Riverdale”) as Daniel, along with John Leguizamo (“John Wick: Chapter 2”). But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love? With just hours left on the clock in what looks to be her last day in the U.S., Natasha is fighting against her family’s deportation as fiercely as she’s fighting her budding feelings for Daniel, who is working just as hard to convince her they are destined to be together.Ī modern-day story about finding love against all odds, “The Sun Is Also a Star” explores whether our lives are determined by fate or the random events of the universe. ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ co-stars Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton reveal what they think about love. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. “What if I told you I could get you to fall in love with me…?”Ĭollege-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet-and fall for each other-over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. ![]()
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