‘Gossip Woman’ Star Thomas Doherty Forged in ‘Dandelion’

Thomas Doherty, finest identified for enjoying the resident flirt on HBO Max’s “Gossip Woman” reboot, is about to star alongside Kiki Layne in “Dandelion.”

The romantic drama, backed by IFC Movies, is presently in manufacturing. IFC plans to launch the film theatrically on a yet-to-be decided date in 2023.

Nicole Riegel wrote and directed “Dandelion,” which facilities on an aspiring singer-songwriter named Dandelion (Layne), who can’t appear to make her dream come true when she reluctantly takes a gig at a motorbike rally that’s methods away from her hometown of Cincinnati. On the occasion, she meets Casey (Doherty), a guitarist who walked away from his dream way back. As Dandelion joins Casey’s electrical and nomadic group of struggling musicians, the 2 kindred spirits make music collectively and strike up an intoxicating whirlwind romance that modifications her creative journey.

“Dandelion,” in response to Kiki Layne, is “a narrative in regards to the resilience of the human spirit and magic of serendipity.” Layne’s breakout position was reverse Stephan James in Barry Jenkins’ 2018 romantic drama “If Beale Avenue May Discuss.” She’s additionally appeared in “The Outdated Guard” and “Coming 2 America.”

Riegel, whose first movie was 2020’s drama “Holler,” praised Doherty as a “curious and insightful actor.”

“I’m excited for everybody to expertise the pure artist that he’s,” she mentioned in an announcement. “This has been one of the vital fulfilling actor-director partnerships of my profession.”

Doherty, who’s 27-year-old and from Scotland, additionally starred within the Disney Channel sequence “The Lodge,” the “Descendants” movie franchise and Sony’s current horror thriller “The Invitation.”