EXCLUSIVE: John Cena (Matchbox: The Movie), SNL alum Kate McKinnon, and Aimee Carrero (Your Friends and Neighbors) have signed on for roles alongside Jennifer Garner in One Attempt Remaining, Netflix and 21 Laps‘ crypto comedy from director Kay Cannon.
No character details have been disclosed. Written by the duo of Joe Boothe & Alexa Alemanni, as well as Cannon, the film follows an ex-couple who, years after their acrimonious divorce, learn that the cryptocurrency they won on a crazy night on a cruise is now worth millions… but they’ve forgotten the password. With only three days left before the account expires, they must retrace their steps that night, not just to find the password to their fortune, but also why they fell in love in the first place.
21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Levine are producing alongside Nicole King for Linden Productions, and Garner, with Cannon, 21 Laps’ Becca Edelman, Deanna Barillari, and Bergen Swanson exec producing.
Most recently seen starring in James Gunn’s HBO Max series Peacemaker, and making a memorable cameo as himself in Apple TV’s Pluribus, Cena returns to Netflix after shooting a starring role opposite Eric André in their comedy Little Brother expected to release this year. Upcoming, he also has Coyote vs. Acme, which finally is set to release via Ketchup Entertainment on August 28 after being shelved for years by Warner Bros. Discovery, as well as Apple, Skydance and Mattel Studios’ Matchbox: The Movie, out October 9. He is repped by WME, Intenta Management, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
An Emmy winner who spent 11 seasons on SNL, from 2012-2022, McKinnon is coming off the Sundance premiere of Searchlight/Hulu’s Andrew Stanton drama In the Blink of an Eye, which begins streaming February 27. Recently seen starring alongside Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Jay Roach’s The Roses — also for Searchlight — her upcoming slate also includes Neon’s The Wrong Girls with Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat, Thumb from director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, the third season of the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Season 2 of Heads Will Roll, her and sister Emily Lynne’s podcast for Audible and Broadway Video. She is repped by CAA, Artists First, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Carrero can currently be seen starring alongside Jon Hamm in Apple TV’s crime dramedy Your Friends and Neighbors, which has been renewed for a third season ahead of its April Season 2 premiere. She plays Elena Benavides, the housekeeper who becomes the accomplice of Hamm’s Andrew Cooper in a series of Westmont Village robberies. Also seen in films like Searchlight’s The Menu, she is repped by Gersh, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Skrzyniarz & Mallean.