Corey Fogelmanis To Lead Tommy Dorfman’s ‘I Wish You All The Best’ For ACE Entertainment; Amy Landecker, Lexi Underwood Among Others Set
04.11.2022 - 20:59
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Corey Fogelmanis (Ma) has been tapped to lead the drama I Wish You All the Best, based on Mason Deaver’s bestselling 2019 novel of the same name, which Tommy Dorfman will write, direct and produce for ACE Entertainment.
Others set for Dorfman’s first feature, which had previously cast The White Lotus‘ Alexandra Daddario, include Miles Gutierrez-Riley (The Wilds), Amy Landecker (Your Honor), Judson Mills (Westworld), Lexi Underwood (The First Lady), Lisa Yamada (Never Have I Ever) and Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lone Star).
I Wish You All the Best will have Fogelmanis play the creative, bright and introverted Ben, a non-binary teen who has spent their life pretending to be the perfect “son” to their ultra-religious Southern parents. When Ben is kicked out of the house and moves in with their estranged sister, they embark upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship and family. Landecker and Mills will play Ben’s Christian parents, with Underwood and Yamada as two of his friends and Smith as his boss.
ACE Entertainment, which is best known for producing the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise, snatched up feature rights to I Wish You All the Best before they were widely available to buyers and is financing and producing the project. Matt Kaplan is producing for ACE, with Aubrey Bendix and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company, and James Harris exec producing on behalf of TeaShop FIms. Lionsgate is handling sales.
Fogelmanis found a breakout role as Farkle Minkus on Disney Channel’s Emmy-nominated children’s series Girl Meets World and also previously appeared on Hulu’s horror anthology series Into the Dark. He co-starred opposite Octavia Spencer in the