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Nick Jonas to Lead Untitled Netflix Rom-Com From Director Ari Sandel

The pairing with Oscar winner Ari Sandel signals another step in Jonas’s busy 2026 film run.

Overview

  • Jonas’s deal, reported Monday by Deadline, puts him in the lead of a Netflix romantic comedy from Oscar-winning filmmaker Ari Sandel.
  • The script by Tamara Chestna follows a carefree bachelor who takes in his cousin’s baby and meets the child’s godmother during a holiday custody dispute that turns romantic.
  • Steve Barnett produces for Monarch Media with Mark Ross for Lincoln Road Films, Spencer Berman and Jonas for Powered by Jonas, and Chestna also producing, with Alan Powell and Vicky Patel as executive producers.
  • The project remains untitled and has no announced release window or additional cast.
  • Jonas’s recent run includes Power Ballad opening June 5 via Lionsgate, a starring role in the holiday horror White Elephant with Kathryn Newton, and a return in the next Jumanji film this year.