20th Century Studios just released the first official photos from Rosaline, a romantic comedy focusing on Romeo’s first love. In Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, it was the fact that Rosaline spurned Romeo’s advances and vowed to remain chaste that led to his ill-fated romance with Juliet.
Responding to Benvolio’s question about Rosaline’s decision, Romeo replies:
“She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste,
For beauty starved with her severity
Cuts beauty off from all posterity.
She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair,
To merit bliss by making me despair.
She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow
Do I live dead that live to tell it now.”
Emmy Award nominee Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick) stars as the titular character and serves as an executive producer. The cast also includes Sean Teale (Little Voice) as Dario, Minnie Driver (Speechless) as The Nurse, Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale), Kyle Allen (American Horror Story) as Romeo, and Isabela Merced (Sweet Girl) as Juliet. Henry Hunter Hall (Hunters) plays Mercutio and Spencer Stevenson (Rollers) is Paris.
Based on Rebecca Serle’s novel When You Were Mine, Rosaline was adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer) and directed by Karen Maine (Yes, God, Yes). Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine produce, with Neustadter, Weber, and Emily Morris executive producing.
Rosaline will premiere on Hulu on October 14, 2022.
The Plot: Rosaline is a fresh and comedic twist on Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo & Juliet, told from the perspective of Juliet’s cousin Rosaline (Dever), who also happens to be Romeo’s recent love interest. Heartbroken when Romeo (Allen) meets Juliet (Merced) and begins to pursue her, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy.
