John Travolta, Katherine Heigl to Star in the Romantic Comedy, "That’s Amore!"

The newly launched global sales banner Palisades Park Pictures announced that two-time Academy Award® nominee John Travolta and Emmy winner Katherine Heigl will star in the heartwarming romantic comedy "That's Amore!" and will launch worldwide sales at Cannes.

Academy Award® winning actor Christopher Walken is currently in talks to board the film which was written and will be directed by two-time Academy Award® winner Nick Vallelonga (Green Book). Vallelonga also will produce through his Vallelonga Productions, alongside Cassian Elwes under his Elevated FIlms banner, and Brenda Emmett & Vince Emmett of American Troubadours.


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Executive Producers are David Polemeni and PPP's Tamara Birkemoe and Mark Damon, who will introduce the film to international buyers at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Cassian Elwes will co-represent the U.S. rights with PPP. Production on That's Amore! is set to begin in August 2023.

That's Amore! is a warm, romantic comedy filled to the brim with old-time charm, values, love, family, and music. Nick Venere (a singing, dancing Travolta) is a modern-day "Marty" – he's never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He's never heard the words "I love you" and figures he never will. Patty Amore (Heigl) has her share of problems as well. Shy and introverted, she's filled with various tics and nervous habits. A secret from her past, combined with her over-protective father, have caused her to withdraw from the dating game. When Nick and Patty meet, literally bumping into one another, they share an immediate connection. When these two emotionally damaged people attempt to date one another, their families get involved, and the results are hilarious.


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Vallelonga's production team includes two-time Academy Award® nominated cinematographer Dante Spinotti (The Last of the Mohicans, L.A. Confidential, Ant Man & The Wasp), Academy Award® winning production designer Gianni Quaranta (A Room With A View, Jesus of Nazareth), three-time Academy Award® nominated editor Steven Rosenblum (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor, The Last Samurai), and costume designer Betsy Heimann (Green Book, Pulp Fiction).

"We could not be more excited to announce That's Amore! as the first title on PPP's slate," remarked CEO Tamara Birkemoe. "This film's unparalleled star power and endearing, romantic charm is a testament to the quality of films that PPP will continue to present to buyers at forthcoming film markets."

Nominated for two Academy Awards®, nine Golden Globes and three Emmy® awards, three-time Golden Globe and Emmy® winner John Travolta boasts an extensive career spanning five decades such as 1970's classics Carrie, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease. Additionally, he starred in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Michael, and the musical, Hairspray. "Die Hart" marked Travolta's third Emmy® nomination since his Golden Globe and Emmy®-nominated turn as Robert Shapiro in the FX anthology series "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson". 


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Heigl is an acclaimed television and film actress known for her Primetime Emmy Award® winning turn in "Grey's Anatomy" as Dr. Izzie Stevens from 2005 to 2010, She has starred in four commercially successful and beloved romantic comedies that each grossed over $100 million at the box office, including Knocked Up, 27 Dresses, The Ugly Truth, and Life as We Know It. Since 2021, she has starred in and executive produced the Netflix series, "Firefly Lane."

Academy Award® winner Walken has been a familiar onscreen presence since the 1970s, starring in iconic film roles including The Deer Hunter, for which he won the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor, The Dead Zone, A View To A Kill, King of New York, Pulp Fiction, Sleepy Hollow, Catch Me If You Can, Wedding Crashers, Hairspray and most recently in the the acclaimed Apple TV+ series "Severance."

Two-time Academy Award® winner Nick Vallelonga is best known as a screenwriter and producer of 2018's Green Book, based on the true story of his father, Tony Lip, (played by Viggo Mortensen), for which he won two Academy Awards® and two Golden Globe® awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. The film grossed $340 million worldwide at the box office. He was also seen in front of the camera as Carmine Cotuso in The Many Saints of Newark.

Travolta is represented by Artists First, Randi Michel, Rogers & Cowan/PMK, and Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp. Heigl's representatives are CAA, Mainstay Entertainment, Jill Fritzo PR, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich & Gellman. Walken is represented by Toni Howard at CAA. Vallelonga is repped by David Gersh of The Gersh Agency, Robertson Taylor Partners, and Patrick Knapp of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.


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ABOUT PALISADES PARK PICTURES

Palisades Park Pictures (PPP) is a worldwide sales banner co-founded and led by global film executive and producer Tamara Birkemoe. Based out of Los Angeles, PPP is a one-stop-shop for producers and filmmakers, representing a robust slate of both in-house and third-party premium content. The executive committee includes members Birkemoe and Mark Damon alongside Joe Simpson, Jonathan Bross, and Simon Williams of Ashland Hill Media Finance, who back the venture.

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