Will Smith And The Chainsmokers Are Making NASCAR Rom Com. Yes, You Read That Right
Amazon Studios is getting their engines revved up on a new romantic comedy set in the world of NASCAR with a list of top tier talent on board to help take this project across the finish line. Sources tell Deadline, Westbrook Studios will partner with The Chainsmokers’ Kick The Habit Productions and NASCAR to produce the upcoming romantic comedy feature, Clean Air for Amazon Studios with Younger writer Alison Rose Greenberg set to write the screenplay.
Producers include Will Smith and Jon Mone for Westbrook Studios, with Heather Washington executive producing. Dan Marcus will also produce via Kick the Habit Productions, with Drew Taggart, Alex Pall and Adam Alpert executive producing. Matt Summers and Tim Clark will also executive produce for NASCAR.
Btw if you're wondering what that hideous creature on the thumbnail was, it is THE chainsmoker. AKA an amalgam of their faces.
On it's face this isn't something I'm particularly excited for. Rom Coms are in the same pit that Horror is where studios know they can pump out low budget, zero effort garbage and make a relatively decent return. Some movies manage to break the mold, for sure. The Big Sick, Crazy Rich Asians, and more have depth while also getting the commercial success those studios crave. But combining the world of NASCAR with romantic comedy is just not something I see going well, especially after reading the pitch.
The film follows Lyla, an ambitious sports agent who loses her superstar client before the start of NASCAR’s season and decides to take a chance on a rebellious female dirt track racer, seventeen-year-old Piper Kyte. With her career on the line, Lyla’s challenge—getting Piper NASCAR-ready—is only won if she can also reform Piper’s reclusive father, Matthew Kyte, a former NASCAR champion who infamously walked away from the sport and hasn’t been seen in four years.
NASCAR and the world around it is awesome and I would LOVE to see more movies, shows and documentaries made about it. This is just not what I am looking for, though. And I'm not sure it is what NASCAR fans would be looking for either, but I guess time will tell.
On the backend, I'm not overly familiar with the writer, Alison Rose Greenberg. She has two credits to her name and I've not watched either. Producer John Mone has worked on some stuff I've liked including Miracle, Ted and more. The Chainsmokers production company has made a few things, but the only product I'm familiar with is 'Words on bathroom Walls' which was pretty good. It's worth noting that, as it stands, Will Smith is NOT starring in this movie. Just producing.
What I do know is that there is one man already searching for advanced tickets.