‘The List’ Trailer: Halston Sage Looks For A Celebrity Sex “Free Pass” In New Rom-Com

Every romantic comedy has its left-turn hook, right? For the new upbeat rom-com “The List,” the fishhook is the enticing but also possibly dreadful celebrity “free pass,” wherein a couple agrees that if a certain actor is on their “free pass” list, they would be able to have sex with them, no strings attached should that fantasy ever happen. But all fantasies can backfire, right? Sort of like asking your gf if you can have an open relationship, and she immediately says, “Yes!”

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The cast features Halston Sage (“Paper Towns,” “Before I Fall,” “X-Men: Dark Phoenix”) and Christian Navarro (“13 Reasons Why”). Chrissie Fit (“Pitch Perfect 2,” “Pitch Perfect 3,” “Teen Beach Movie”), Gregg Sulkin (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Pretty Smart”), and Clark Backo (“Letterkenny”) round out the supporting cast, with a small role from Bachelor franchise favorite Nick Viall.

So “The List” follows bright-eyed Abby (Sage), who finds her life in freefall after her fiancé sleeps with a celebrity on his “free pass” list. To distract herself from his cheating, Abby and her best friend Chloe (Fit) decide the only way she can move forward is to sleep with a celebrity from her own list. Abby sets out for Los Angeles, the “perfect” place to meet the leading man of her dreams, but when she meets Jake (Navarro), a charming local waiter with big dreams of his own, she starts to reconsider what it is that she’s looking for. 

Available on digital August 22 and directed by Melissa Miller Costanzo (“All These Small Moments”), “The List” is written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo (“Black-ish,” “Crowded,” “Hot in Cleveland”).

Here’s the official synopsis:

Abby is about to get married, and everything is perfect. Until she finds out her fiancé slept with a celebrity from his “free pass” list. To get her mind off things, Abby and her best friend Chloe come up with a crazy idea—Abby should pursue a celebrity from her own list, which includes tough guy action movie star Mac West, Sexiest Man Alive Cooper Grant, and multi-Platinum Grammy-award-winning rapper Avon. In LA, their friend Sam, a Hollywood talent agent and Chloe’s ex, calls in all her favors to help Abby get into the same room as her celebrity crushes. But getting their attention will be up to Abby. Just as she starts to get close to living the ultimate dream in La La Land, things become complicated when Abby meets Jake, a local waiter with big dreams of his own, who gives her a fresh perspective.

“The List” is available to buy or rent on digital, August 22. Watch the first trailer below.