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Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from the new movie, Who Invited Charlie? A new comedy set during the early days of the 2020 pandemic Phil Schreiber manages to escape from New York City with his wife and teenage son to hunker down in the Hamptons when the world goes on lockdown. Making an already stressful situation worse, Phil's college roommate Charlie decides to drop in, hoping for a place to ride out the pandemic. Charlie and Phil are exact opposites, with Phil being a self-involved hedge fund manager while Charlie seems to be a layabout with a desire to belong.

Things become even more difficult when Phil's wife and son unexpectedly grow to adore Charlie as he forms a bond with the nervous teenager and endears Rosie with his desire to help. As Charlie becomes more ingrained in the family, long-hidden secrets come to light that could...

Vertical has secured North American rights to comedy “Who Invited Charlie?,” written by Nicholas Schutt and directed by Xavier Manrique (“Chronically Metropolitan”).

The film stars Adam Pally (“Sonic the Hedgehog 2”), Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious franchise), Reid Scott (“Veep”), Xosha Roquemore, (“The Mindy Project”) Dylan Penn (“Flag Day”), Peter Dager (“Insidious 5”), Peter Grosz (“Late Night with Seth Meyers”), Rhys Coiro (“Paradise City”) and more.

In the film, Phil Schreiber (Scott), a self-involved hedge fund manager, and his wife Rosie (Brewster) take refuge in the Hamptons with their son at the beginning of quarantine. Making an already fraught situation worse is the surprise arrival of Phil’s cocktail-swilling, pot-smoking college roommate Charlie (Pally). Charlie is also the keeper of some of Phil’s darkest secrets. To make matters worse for Phil, his wife and son love Charlie. As Charlie makes himself at home, secrets are revealed that threaten to do more harm than good.

CAA Media Finance has snapped up the North American sales rights to “Who Invited Charlie?”

The film will have its world market premiere at TIFF via CAA and Lon Haber & Co.

“Who Invited Charlie?” stars Jordana Brewster (“Fast & Furious 7”) as Rosie, Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”) as Charlie, Reid Scott (“Veep”) as Phil and Dylan Penn (“Flag Day”) as Jess.

In the film, Scott plays Phil Schreiber, a hedge fund manager, who flees to the Hamptons alongside his wife Rosie and the couple’s son as the Covid-19 pandemic takes hold. Things take a strange turn when Schreiber’s college roommate Charlie (Pally) turns up with not entirely altruistic intentions. Although Charlie is popular with Schreiber’s wife and son, he is also the bearer of some of the duo’s darkest college secrets.

“As Charlie makes himself at home, secrets are revealed that threaten to do more harm...