The movie adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen’s best-selling YA romance novel Loveboat, Taipei arrives on Paramount+ in August.
An aspiring dancer falls for two wildly different suitors in EW’s exclusive first look at Love in Taipei, Paramount+’s upcoming movie adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen‘s best-selling YA romance novel Loveboat, Taipei.
Ashley Liao (Physical, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) leads the cast as Ever Wong, a young woman whose summer takes an unexpected turn when her parents surprise her with a trip to Taipei, Taiwan for a cultural immersion program. It’s not quite the educational program she envisions, but instead a summer free-for-all that locals and other students have dubbed “Loveboat.”
The experience lives up to its name when Ever finds herself caught between two love interests: Rick Woo, a sports prodigy played by To All the Boys’ Ross Butler, and Xavier Yeh, a free-spirited artist and heir to a tech empire played by Booksmart‘s Nico Hiraga. Between these two love connections, Ever must also find the courage to defy her parents’ expectations and pursue her true passion of dancing.
Ashley Liao and Ross Butler in ‘Love in Taipei’
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Ross Butler in ‘Love in Taipei’