EXCLUSIVE: Former Call Me Kat co-stars Mayim Bialik, Cheyenne Jackson and John Griffin are reteaming on Go-Love-Go, a semi-autobiographical indie rom-com that Griffin leads, wrote and will produce alongside Nell Teare (Bolivar), who is set to direct.
Colin McCalla (Ballard) will also star, along with Katie Lowes (The Hunting Wives), Brandon Scott (Dead to Me) and Cameron Cowperthwaite (Tires).
The film follows John (Griffin), who is newly out at 41 and fighting writer’s block. After he wins a trip for two to Costa Rica, his best friend introduces him to West Hollywood, hoping to find him a travel buddy and a fresh script idea. However, John gets more than he bargains for when his writing research leads him to the heart of Tiago, a brilliant engineering student and recent immigrant who go-go dances to pay for community college.
Filming begins late this summer in Los Angeles, following the project’s 17-year journey from script to screen. Griffin penned the first draft in 2008 and previously saw the script trend as the #1 spec comedy feature on the Black List website. EPs on the project include Helena Springs Hamilton, Charles Oppenheimer, Shawn Sims, Ido Tadmor, and Sean Bryan. Lisa Ebeyer is serving as Co-EP, and Emmy nominee Jamie Castro (My Dead Friend Zoe) is casting the project.
Premiering in 2021, Bialik, Jackson and Griffin’s Call Me Kat was a Fox multi-cam sitcom starring Bialik as Kat, a quirky 39-year-old woman who uses the money her parents had saved for her wedding to open a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky. The show, based on the British sitcom Miranda, ran for three seasons.
A five-time Emmy nominee otherwise best known for starring as Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, Bialik is repped by UTA.
Also known for roles in shows like American Horror Story and 30 Rock, as well as films like the recent Queens of the Dead, Jackson is represented by Buchwald, Entertainment 360, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols.
Griffin’s other credits include The Bad Guy, Jersey Boys, Lucifer and S.W.A.T., to name just a few. He is repped by Mitchell K. Stubbs & Associates, Upper Management, and Greenberg Glusker.
Teare’s most recent feature, Bolivar, which she wrote and directed, was released by Freestyle Media in 2023. She is repped by SMB ENT, Innovative Artists, and attorney Philip Robert Brinson.
