{"id":41792,"date":"2026-08-12T22:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41792"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:51:25","slug":"keegan-allen-conor-husting-rio-mangini-more-star-in-small-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41792","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Allen, Conor Husting, Rio Mangini, More Star In \u2018Small Talk\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/vincent-young\/\" id=\"auto-tag_vincent-young\" data-tag=\"vincent-young\">Vincent Young<\/a> has wrapped on the Los Angeles shoot for his directorial debut,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/small-talk\/\" id=\"auto-tag_small-talk\" data-tag=\"small-talk\">Small Talk<\/a><\/em>, a period music drama starring <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/keegan-allen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_keegan-allen\" data-tag=\"keegan-allen\">Keegan Allen<\/a> (<em>Pretty Little Liars<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/conor-husting\/\" id=\"auto-tag_conor-husting\" data-tag=\"conor-husting\">Conor Husting<\/a> (<em>The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rio-mangini\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rio-mangini\" data-tag=\"rio-mangini\">Rio Mangini<\/a> (<em>Wolf Pack<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sophia-del-rio\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sophia-del-rio\" data-tag=\"sophia-del-rio\">Sophia Del Rio<\/a> (<em>72 Hours<\/em>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/austin-north\/\" id=\"auto-tag_austin-north\" data-tag=\"austin-north\">Austin North<\/a> (<em>Outer Banks<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set against the late \u201970s Los Angeles rock scene,\u00a0<em>Small Talk<\/em>\u00a0follows a young band on the edge of success as ambition, romance, and addiction threaten to destroy the music that brought them together. The film traces the relationships surrounding the band as their sudden rise begins testing the friendships and loyalties that helped create it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young directed from a script written with RJ Zabasky, based on a story he conceived with Douglas Young, also producing alongside Kristifor Cvijetic and Zabasky. Douglas Young exec produced, with Brian Yuran, Evan Sorlien and Chris Kim serving as co-producers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The supporting cast includes Sophie Swiszcz, Shaun Holmes, Ruben Vernier, Doug Locke, Jamison Jones, Ross Gallo, Kavan Reece, Maury Morgan, Liam Martinez and Michael Par\u00e9. Dean Fronk and Donald Pemrick handled casting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young told Deadline, \u201cAt its core,\u00a0<em>Small Talk<\/em>\u00a0is really about what we leave behind in other people. The title came from this idea that so much of life can become noise, such as the things we say, the things we chase, and the way we present ourselves. However, none of that carries the same weight as what we actually do for someone we love. I was drawn to exploring characters who are still figuring that out, and I wanted to tell that story inside a world that felt completely alive and specific, as though we had stepped into Los Angeles in the late \u201970s rather than recreated it from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allen is repped by IAG, Creative Talent Group, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Husting by Brave Artists Management and CESD; Mangini by LBI and Pallas Management Group; Del Rio by Luber Roklin Entertainment; and North by Buchwald, Luber Roklin and Myman Greenspan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Vincent Young has wrapped on the Los Angeles shoot for his directorial debut,\u00a0Small Talk, a period music drama starring Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars), Conor Husting (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia), Rio Mangini (Wolf Pack), Sophia Del Rio (72 Hours) and Austin North (Outer Banks). 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