EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has rounded out the cast for its romantic comedy The Life List, based on the 2013 novel by Lori Nelson Spielman. Newcomers include José Zúñiga (Griselda), Jordi Mollà (Aggro Dr1ft), Dario Ladani Sanchez (Dear Edward), Federico Rodriguez (American Rust), Marianne Rendon (In the Dark), Michael Rowland (Animal Control), Chelsea Frei (Poker Face), Luca Padovan (You), Rachel Zeiger-Haag (Ex-Husbands), Maria Jung (Elsbeth) and Donnetta Lavinia Grays (The Book of Henry).
As we first reported, Sofia Carson leads the ensemble, which also includes Kyle Allen, Sebastian de Souza, and Connie Britton. Hailing from writer-director Adam Brooks (Definitely, Maybe), the film centers on Alex Rose, whose mother sends her on a quest to complete her childhood bucket list. Her subsequent journey will make you both laugh and cry as she uncovers family secrets, finds romance, and discovers herself along the way.
Liza Chasin (The Lost City, Stillwater) is producing for 3dot Productions. The film falls under Chasin’s first-look deal with the streamer, announced in 2019, which also covers her upcoming Morocco-set love story Lonely Planet starring Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, and Diana Silvers. Exec producers of The Life List are Hutch Parker, Brooks, Margaret Chernin, and Kerry Orent.
Zúñiga is repped by SDB Partners and AFA Prime Talent Media; Mollà by IAG and Creative Partners Group; Sanchez by Brookside Artist Management and Buchwald; Rodriguez by Stewart Talent and Soffer Entertainment; Rendon by Gersh, Untitled Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Rowland by UTA and Tigerman Management; Frei by Paradigm and Artists First; Padovan by Innovative Artists; Zeiger-Haag by TMT Entertainment Group; and Grays by Sullivan Talent Group.