If this summer’s “Everything, Everything” didn’t meet your fix of young adult romance centered teenagers who can’t go outside due to rare diseases, well, get ready for “Midnight Sun.”
Directed by Scott Speer (“Step Up Revolution“), and starring Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Quinn Shephard, Ken Tremblett, Suleka Mathew, and Rob Riggle, this is actually a remake of the Japanese film of the same name from 2006. It tells the story of a young woman, who can’t go outside during daylight, who manages to strike up a relationship with a hunky beau anyway. Here’s the official synopsis:
MIDNIGHT SUN is a romantic tearjerker about 17-year-old Katie Price (Bella Thorne), sheltered at home since childhood with a rare genetic condition, a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Having only her father Jack (Rob Riggle) for company, Katie’s world opens up after dark when she ventures outside to play her guitar. One night, her dreams come true when she’s noticed and asked out by her longtime crush Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger), whom she’s secretly watched from her bedroom window for years. As they embark on nightly summer excursions, Katie’s risk to sunlight grows and she’s presented with the gut-wrenching dilemma of whether she can live a normal life with her newfound soul mate.
“Midnight Sun” opens on March 23, 2018.