Nicole Wallace has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios‘ Throttled, an upcoming film based on the book from Lauren Ashers’ Dirty Air series.
The actress, known for the Culpa Mia trilogy and The House of Spirits, will play the female lead role opposite Off Campus star Josh Heuston. Wallace will play Maya Alatorre, described as “an ambitious young woman who joins her brother on the racing circuit and falls into a forbidden, high-stakes romance with her brother’s ruthless teammate and fiercest racing rival, Noah Slade (played by Heuston).“
Wallace said in a statement, “Maya is smart and ambitious and I’m really excited to step into her world. She is born into this sport full of speed and rivalry and, as a woman, has to learn to stand her ground and learn the ropes. I’m super excited to work with Josh and Nzingha and for audiences to feel the rush of this world.”
Melissa Osborne (My Fault: London, My Oxford Year) will adapt the script and Nzingha Stewart (Daisy Jones & the Six) is set to direct. Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks of Brownstone Productions are producing along with Ethea Entertainment’s Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay. Garrett Grant is also producing, with Alison Small of Brownstone Productions and Asher executive producing.
Asher‘s Throttled, the first of four books in the Dirty Air sports romance series, was published in 2020 and marks another addition to Amazon MGM‘s building library of book-to-screen adaptations, including Off Campus, Every Year After and The Love Hypothesis.
Gibgot and Panay of Ethea recently produced The Last Sunrise, Prime’s film adaptation of Anna Todd‘s bestselling romance novel, after producing the After films also based on Todd’s books. Most recently, they set up House of Crowns, a romance series in early development at Amazon MGM, based on a forthcoming novel from Todd.
Meanwhile, projects in the current film slate for Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions include Magic School Bus with Legendary, Leigh Janiak’s Harness, Chloe Okuno’s Bad Hand and Alex Prager’s Dreamquil. Their upcoming television slate includes an Apple TV comedy series starring Banks, Ted Danson, Katey Sagal and Rob Delaney, as well as limited series for Prime Video and Warner Bros. Television centered on the Karen Read trials. Banks will star.
Asher is a New York Times bestselling author with more than 5 million books sold worldwide. She is repped by Kimberly Brower at Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management and Marisa Kapust at Toczek Suddleson Law Group.
Wallace is represented by TFC Management, Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern, Triana Management and imPRint.