{"id":756683,"date":"2026-06-23T21:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756683\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:41:12","slug":"the-summer-i-turned-pretty-star-sean-kaufman-joins-new-daniels-pic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756683\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Summer I Turned Pretty&#8217; Star Sean Kaufman Joins New Daniels Pic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sean-kaufman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sean-kaufman\" data-tag=\"sean-kaufman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Kaufman<\/a> is in negotiations to star opposite Matt Damon in the untitled event pic from filmmaking duo Daniels at Universal. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/daniels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniels<\/a>, aka Daniel Kwan\u00a0and Daniel Scheinert, will write and direct. Sandra Oh and Charles Melton are also on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tUniversal had no comment on the casting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile Damon is essentially the lead of the film, sources say the younger ensemble the Daniels have been auditioning for the last several weeks will have equal footing in the film with Kaufman being the lead of that group. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDetails on the project remain under wraps. Kwan, Scheinert and Jonathan Wang will produce through their company Playgrounds\u2019 overall deal with Universal. Playgrounds\u2019 Kwan and Wang recently produced\u00a0The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist\u00a0from Universal\u2019s specialty studio Focus Features. It bowed in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tExecutive VP Production Development Sara Scott and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the Daniels\u2019 new project for Universal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe pic is set to bow on November 19, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKaufman\u00a0catapulted to global fame with his breakout role as Steven in Prime Video\u2019s smash hit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-summer-i-turned-pretty\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-summer-i-turned-pretty\" data-tag=\"the-summer-i-turned-pretty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/a>.\u00a0He will return for the highly anticipated film. Most recently,\u00a0he\u00a0was seen in\u00a0the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ sci-fi sensation\u00a0For All Mankind\u00a0for its thrilling fifth season and will return for the sixth\u00a0and final\u00a0season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHis television work also includes standout appearances on\u00a0Manifest,\u00a0FBI: Most Wanted, and\u00a0Law &amp; Order: SVU. He is repped by CESD Talent Agency and Untitled Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Sean Kaufman is in negotiations to star opposite Matt Damon in the untitled event pic from filmmaking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,14240,75,215395,1913],"class_list":["post-756683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-daniels","tag-entertainment","tag-sean-kaufman","tag-the-summer-i-turned-pretty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}