For Amazon and Berlanti/Schechter Films, Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine will star in the film version of the classic novel Red, White, and Royal Blue.

Alex Claremont-Diaz (Perez), the Mexican-American son of the country’s freshly elected president, is depicted as the American equivalent of a young prince in the romantic comedy.

The logline is as follows, “Handsome, charismatic, brilliant―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a long-running feud with his royal counterpart across the pond, Prince Henry (Galitzine). And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between the two, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.”

He further added, “Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows into something more meaningful than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could complicate his mother’s re-election campaign and upend two nations.”

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Casey McQuiston wrote the New York Times bestseller, which Matthew López is adapting and directing. Rachel Hilson, Ellie Bamber, Aneesh Sheth, Polo Morin, Ahmed Elhaj, and Akshay Khanna join Clifton Collins Jr., Stephen Fry, and Sarah Shahi in the cast.

Films by Berlanti/Schechter The film will be produced by Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, with Michael McGrath, López, and McQuiston serving as executive producers.

Perez is most known for the Netflix feature The Kissing Booth, but he also has credits on HBO’s Minx and the upcoming Amazon drama 1Up.

Galitzine starred with Camilla Cabello in the live-action Cinderella musical, which was also distributed by Amazon, and will next be seen in Netflix’s Purple Hearts.

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