How I Met Your Mother‘s Alyson Hannigan has joined the cast of the romantic film Modern Love starring Anthony Rapp and Jonathan Bennett. Written and directed by Joshua Tunick, Modern Love‘s cast also includes Thomas Dekker, Alona Tal, Sam Anderson, Lee Garlington, Mackenzie Astin, and Hutchi Hancock.
No release date has been set, however, filming is currently underway.
The Plot:
The film centers on an intimate group of friends and family who gather at the home of two gay men (Anthony Rapp and Jonathan Bennett) to celebrate their nuptials. When the wedding hits a snag, this group helps the grooms to see that gay or straight, all marriages have their challenges, and love is just the start.
This intimate, independently financed feature film addresses one of today’s most prominent issues in the U.S. – gay marriage. At a time when 36 states have legal same-sex marriage, 13 ban it, and Alabama is not clear on the issue; the film couldn’t be more topical, especially as we head into an election year. While this is obviously a film about gay marriage, the intention is to remove the importance of the “gay” or “straight” descriptor and tell a story about the importance of the commitment of marriage.
Presenting the story in this way, with these universal themes and issues, makes a statement without saying a word – in love we are all the same.
