EXCLUSIVE: Arden Cho (Companion Monitor) and Margaret Cho (Dying for Intercourse) have signed on to star in Low-cost AF, a romantic comedy from first-time characteristic director Roy Hsu, who additionally penned the script.
Low-cost AF tells the story of a money-saving influencer (Arden Cho) looking for her huge break, who dangers shedding her wedding ceremony and relationships when she goes all out to win Marriage ceremony Journal’s “Finest Marriage ceremony on a Price range” social media competitors.
In an announcement to Deadline, Hsu noticed that “America is a melting pot, and lots of immigrants share frequent experiences no matter race—mother and father chasing higher futures, valuing training, and, sure, saving each penny.” His hope with the movie has been “to inform a comedic bridezilla story about two girls competing for the most cost effective wedding ceremony, although at its core, the movie is about letting go of the previous and discovering what actually issues—all by means of an Asian-American lens with themes which are universally relatable.”
Producers on Low-cost AF embody David Hopwood (Energy, Den of Thieves), Corey Moosa (Margin Name, All Is Misplaced), Michael Ok. Dwyer (Water Wars, Hanky Panky) of A Group of Ferrets, and Grayson Hay (Hanky Panky, Tender). Hsu is govt producing alongside Sean Akers (Margin Name, All Is Misplaced). Byron Beane (The Gordita Chronicles, Perdíta) oversaw casting, with native Seattle casting by Heidi Walker (Twin Peaks, 10 Issues I Hate About You). Manufacturing kicks off in Seattle, WA in September.
Finest identified for her roles as Kira Yukimura in Teen Wolf and Ingrid Yun in Netflix’s Companion Monitor, Arden lately starred as June in Netflix’s Avatar: The Final Airbender and lends her voice to Netflix’s upcoming KPop Demon Hunters. She is repped by Revolutionary Artists.
An award-winning comic and actress, Margaret’s current credit embody Hulu’s Fireplace Island, visitor starring roles on Physician Odyssey (ABC), Dying for Intercourse (Hulu), The Flight Attendant (Max) and Hacks (Max), in addition to two Netflix Is a Joke comedy specials. Her newest movie, All That We Love, premiered at Tribeca, and her different upcoming initiatives embody Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 and Gregg Araki’s I Need Your Intercourse. She is repped by WME and supervisor Sarah Martin.
