PREVIEW: Resort to Love (12A TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Christina Milian (Falling Inn Love), Sinqua Walls (The 15:17 to Paris), Alexander Hodge (Abe), Jay Pharaoh (Unsane), Karen Obilom (Show Me What You Got), Jeryl Prescott (High Flying Bird), T.J. Power (Vulnerable), Tymberlee Hill (Due Date), Sylvaine Strike (District 9), Christiani Pitts (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son), Jeremy Boado (Escape Room), Kayne Lee Harrison (The Dark Knight Rises)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Steven K. Tsuchida (film debut), director; Tabi McCartney (film debut) and Dana Schmalenberg (film debut), writers; Alicia Keys (Work It), Maggie Malina (Downloaded) and Jeremy Kipp Walker (The History of Future Folk), producers; Greg Gardiner (Girls Trip), cinematographer; Emma E. Hickox (The Jacket), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Erica (Milian), an aspiring singer whose career has stalled, lands a gig at a luxurious island hotel in Mauritius, but discovers that she is due to perform at the wedding of her former fiancé Jason (Pharaoh). As she tries to keep her past relationship a secret from Jason’s new bride Beverly (Pitts), Erica finds herself starting to fall for Jason all over again…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

From producer Alicia Keys comes this light-hearted and sunny romantic-comedy, which was filmed in the beautiful East African paradise of Mauritius and will make you instantly want to visit the gorgeous location.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 29TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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