Rome Flynn Joins ‘Throttled’ as Rival Driver — SkimNews
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- Rome Flynn joined Amazon MGM Studios’ new romance film Throttled as Jax Kingston; sources close to production describe him as a highly skilled, competitive Team McCoy driver whose storyline includes a particularly tense rivalry with Noah Slade.
- Throttled is a new Amazon MGM Studios romance based on the first book in Lauren Asher’s bestselling Dirty Air series.
- Nicole Wallace stars as Maya Alatorre, an ambitious young woman who joins her older brother on the racing circuit.
- Josh Heuston plays Noah Slade, the ruthless teammate and fiercest racing rival of Maya Alatorre’s older brother, and the man with whom Maya falls into a forbidden, high-stakes romance.
- Julio Peña plays Santi Alatorre, Maya’s older brother and a driver on the racing circuit, while Mia McKenna-Bruce plays Sophie, Maya’s best friend.
- Nzingha Stewart directs Throttled from a screenplay by Melissa Osborne.
- Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks of Brownstone Productions produce alongside Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay of Ethea Entertainment; Garret Grant is also a producer, while Alison Small and Lauren Asher serve as executive producers.
Why it matters: For Amazon MGM Studios, Brownstone Productions and Ethea Entertainment, Flynn’s casting expands *Throttled* beyond the central romance between Maya Alatorre and Noah Slade by adding Jax Kingston’s Team McCoy rivalry. The film also adapts the first book in Lauren Asher’s bestselling *Dirty Air* series, providing a concrete publishing foundation for the production.
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