EXCLUSIVE: Widow’s Bay star Kingston Rumi Southwick and Arthur Conti, of Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Carrie, have joined Ariana Greenblatt in Egg Baby, Amazon MGM’s new romantic comedy from director Natalia Anderson and XYZ Films.
Written by Sawyer Perry, Egg Baby follows a rebellious artist (Greenblatt) and a golden-boy quarterback (Southwick) who are forced to co-parent an egg for health class, only to find that raising “Yolk-o” might crack open something real between them.
Conti’s role hasn’t been disclosed. XYZ Films is producing with Allison Friedman (Find Your Friends), in association with BuzzFeed Studios. The film is set to stream globally on Prime Video.
Southwick is a fast-rising actor who broke out with roles in two recent buzz titles. Most recently, he’s been seen playing Matthew Rhys’ son in Widow’s Bay, the breakout horror comedy from Apple TV, which scored the most Emmy nominations of any freshman series this year. Prior to that, he was seen playing the son of Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Negga in Apple’s hit legal drama Presumed Innocent. Also seen in Amazon’s thriller series 56 Days, Southwick is repped by Untitled Entertainment and attorney Erik Hyman of Paul Hastings.
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Currently, Conti can be seen opposite Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the Mubi slasher from Jane Schoenbrun that nabbed the Queer Palm at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Previously playing a key role in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Conti’s upcoming slate includes Ti West’s Ebenezer, in addition to Flanagan’s series adaptation of the Stephen King classic Carrie. He is repped by WME, The Artists Partnership, and Myman Greenspan.