{"id":1045276,"date":"2026-06-23T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1045276\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:01:14","slug":"meghann-fahy-glenn-howerton-to-star-in-the-girlfriend-for-21-laps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1045276\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghann Fahy & Glenn Howerton To Star In ‘The Girlfriend’ For 21 Laps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: In a reunion of Sirens stars, Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) has been set to star alongside Glenn Howerton<\/a> (It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) in feature The Girlfriend<\/a> from director Natalie Morales, XYZ Films and 21 Laps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tFilming is due to get underway June 29th on the feature which has a script from Howerton and Rich Appel, known for his work on The Simpsons, Family Guy and other TV hits. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe logline reads: \u201cClaire gives up her perfect New York City life and moves to Alabama for her husband Elliot\u2019s (Howerton) dream job. Seeing her isolated, friendless, and unhappy, Elliot does what any loving husband would do: he secretly hires an escort (Fahy) to be her new best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPic is being made in association with BuzzFeed Studios with backing from\u00a0IPR.VC\u00a0and Paris-based Vixens\u00a0with support from the European Union under the InvestEU Fund. XYZ is handling global sales, with WME co-repping domestic.<\/p>\n

\n\tShawn Levy and Dan Levine are producing for Stranger Things outfit 21 Laps, along with Jill Howerton and Glenn Howerton from Zoe Knife Productions, Rich Appel from Persons Unknown, Guy Danella and Nick Spicer from XYZ Films, Richard Alan Reid\u00a0from Buzzfeed Studios and Lee Kim.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tExecutive producers include Josh Kunau, Maxime Cottray, Aram Tertzakian, Andrea Scarso, Timo Argillander, John Straley, R. Wesley Sierk, Gary Farkas, Clement Lepoutre, Olivier Muller and Bertrand Perrodo. Emily\u00a0Feher\u00a0from 21 Laps will also have a producing role.<\/p>\n

\n\tFahy scored Emmy nominations for The White Lotus and Netflix series Sirens and recently starred in Universal-Blumhouse thriller Drop. She stars opposite Rose Byrne in the Peacock limited series\u00a0The Good Daughter, premiering in November. <\/p>\n

\n\tHowerton is\u00a0co-creator and stars in long-running FX comedy series\u00a0It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and starred with Fahy in hit Netflix limited series Sirens. He garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance in XYZ\u2019s\u00a0BlackBerry.<\/p>\n

\n\tMorales is known for acting in Grey\u2019s Anatomy, The Beast In Me, The Morning Show and Parks And Recreation. She has directed features including Plan B and Language Lessons.<\/p>\n

\n\tThree-time Emmy winner Appel has served as the co-showrunner and executive producer of\u00a0Family Guy\u00a0for the past 14 years.<\/p>\n

\n\tFahy\u00a0is repped by WME and Anonymous Content. Howerton is repped by WME, 3 Arts Entertainment\u00a0and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Morales is repped by CAA and Bleecker Street Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: In a reunion of Sirens stars, Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) has been set to star alongside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1045277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3940],"tags":[287579,4080,77,91503,287580,287581,16,15],"class_list":["post-1045276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-21-laps","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-glenn-howerton","tag-meghan-fahy","tag-the-girlfriend","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116800263973240246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}