Netflix Rom-Com ‘Voicemails For Isabelle' Adds Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Harry Shum Jr., Ciara Bravo & More To Cast
Newcomers to the ensemble include Nick Offerman (Sovereign), Lukas Gage (Companion), Harry Shum Jr. (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Ciara Bravo (Last Days), Megan Danso, Toby Sandeman (Running Point), McKendrick, Spencer Lord (The Last of Us), and Gil Bellows (Patriot).
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The film tells the story of Jill, who copes with her sister's death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.
Producers on the project include Todd Black, Becky Sanderman, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists. David Bloomfield is exec producing for Escape Artists.
Offerman is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Gage by WME, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Shum Jr. by Paradigm, Triniti Management, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Bravo by UTA and Myman Greenspan Fox; Danso by The Characters Talent Agency; Sandeman by Gersh and Authentic Talent and Literary Management; McKendrick by UTA, Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment, and McKuin Frankel Whitehead; Lord by Red Management and UTA; and Bellows by Red Management, The Characters Talent Agency, Mainstay Entertainment, and i10 Media.
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