For two years, Netflix has been developing Lonely Planet, a love story set in Morroco. Filming ended over a year and a half ago, and after a lengthy post-production, we expect Lonely Planet to be released on Netflix sometime in 2024.
The director and writer of Netflix’s Lonely Planet is Susannah Grant, who was nominated for an Oscar for her Erin Brockovich script. Her other credits include Unbelievable, The 5th Wave, 28 Days, and more.
Grant also produces alongside Sarah Timberman and Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, with VP of Studio Film Kira Goldberg as creative lead for Netflix. The film continues the innovative partnership between Netflix and 3dot, which has thus far produced the streamer’s upcoming thriller series, Anatomy of a Scandal. 3dot entered a multi-year, first-look film deal with Netflix in 2019, with adaptations of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
What’s the plot of Lonely Planet?
Lonely Planet is billed as a love story set in Morocco.
Sadly, that’s still all we know as specifics of the plot have continued to be kept under wraps.
Who is cast in Lonely Planet?
Cast for Netflix’s Lonely Planet
The lead stars of Netflix’s Lonely Planet are Oscar winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story, Jurassic Park) and Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games). Dern recently reprised her role of Ellie Sattler in Jurassic World Dominion and was a producer on the Hulu mini-series Tiny Beautiful Things. Hemsworth was recently cast as Geralt of Rivia, replacing Henry Cavill in the fourth season of The Witcher.
In May 2022, Deadline revealed that Diana Silvers & Younès Boucif had joined the cast.
Silvers is probably best known for her recent stint on Netflix’s now-canceled comedy series Space Force. Boucif most recently headlined the French Netflix Original comedy series Standing Up.
The remaining cast members confirmed and listed in order of IMDb’s Star Meter are the following;
- Bellina Logan (Sons of Anarchy) as Patricia
- Gustav Dyekjær Giese (Riders of Justice) as Gunnar
- Ben Youcef (Law & Order) as Yassin
- Dillon Lane (Better Things) as Bob
- Arthur Clark (Verona) as Taylor
- Kourosh Parsapour (Kenobi) as Camel Herder
- Francesco Martino (Pointy Break) as Luca
- Quintin Mims (Bel-Air) as Sebastian
- Sami Fekkak (The Freelancer) as Hamid
- Tao Guo (Meg 2: The Trench) as Peng
What’s the production status of Lonely Planet?
Netflix’s Lonely Planet is in production, according to an update in May 2022.
What’s the Netflix release date of Lonely Planet?
Netflix hasn’t announced any dates for Lonely Planet, but considering its very early development stage, we can probably expect only a 2023 release date.
