EXCLUSIVE: Landry Bender (Looking for Alaska), Ian Duff (New Amsterdam) and Forrest Goodluck (The Miseducation of Cameron Post) are set as series regulars opposite Stella Baker and Luke Mitchell in…
, faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school history teacher Sarah Cooper utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch.
Bender will play Bella . Preppy and composed, Bella is the daughter of Greylock’s mayor and one of Sarah’s students. She begins to question her allegiance to her “popular girl” status after an unpleasant sexual encounter with her big-man-on-campus boyfriend and quickly finds herself falling for her shy classmate, Tyler.
Duff will portray Grover, a damaged knockout who works at the local diner. His straightforward, blue-collar charm has made a favorite among Greylock’s citizens… including Sarah, who has long harbored a crush on Grover. Grover feels the attraction too, but he carries a painful memory that keeps him from moving forward in life.
Goodluck is Tyler, a thoughtful, introspective kid who wears his heart on his sleeve, but he can also be incredibly tough thanks to a difficult childhood growing up on a Native American reservation. As he lends a hand with Sarah’s fight against the mining company, he starts making a connection with Bella.and also spent three seasons on Netflix’sBest Friends Wheneverwith David Oyelowo. Landry is repped by CAA and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver & Thompson.
directed by Kris Rey, opposite Gillian Jacobs and Jemaine Clement. He’s repped by Gersh, Artists First and Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg Light.
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