Monica Barbaro to Star Opposite Callum Turner in Will Gluck’s “One Night Only”

Monica Barbaro is preparing for a big night

The 35-year-old part-Mexican American Oscar-nominated actress will star opposite Callum Turner in Will Gluck’s One Night Only for Universal Pictures.

Monica Barbaro

The film will reportedly be released on August 7, 2026, with Gluck directing the project based on his rewrite of Travis Braun’s Black List script.

The script topped the 2024 Blacklist, and while it’s unknown if Gluck’s version will stray from the original story, the draft follows two strangers who scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal.

Gluck will produce through Olive Bridge Entertainment. Jacqueline Monetta, VP of Olive Bridge Entertainment, will oversee and produce with Gluck. Senior EVP Production Development Erik Baiers and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project for the studio.

Gluck had been weighing a handful of options following the success of his previous rom-com Anyone but You and finally landed on this project on his next film.

Given his track record of taking rising stars including Emma Stone, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and turning them into A-listers, the project attracted a ton of talent; Barbaro and Turner were top choices from the start.

Barbaro has had a slew of offers to choose from following her first Academy Award nomination earlier this year for her star-making performance as the iconic folk singer and activist Joan Baez in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. She is in production on Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial opposite Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield for Amazon MGM.

Next up, Barbaro will make her stage debut at London’s National Theatre in a revival of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liasons Dangereuses opposite Lesley Manville and directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Marianne Elliott.

She’ll also star in Bart Layton’s Crime 101 opposite Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry and Chris Hemsworth for Amazon MGM. Barbaro is also known for her breakout role as Phoenix opposite Tom Cruise and Miles Teller in Top Gun: Maverick, which received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.

Gluck directed the 2023 box office hit Anyone but You, starring Powell and Sweeney. He also helmed 2011’s Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and 2010’s Easy A starring Stone, in addition to launching the Peter Rabbit franchise.

Marc Anthony to Perform “One Night Only” Livestream Concert in April

Marc Anthony is ready to perform in your living room…

The 52-year-old New York-born Puerto Rican singer/songwriter, one of the world’s top touring acts, will perform a single livestream concert that’ll be promoted and marketed for global consumption.

Marc Anthony

One Night Only, set to stream on April 17, is expected to be seen by over 100,000 fans worldwide, according to organizers.

One Night Only will feature Marc Anthony performing a full-length show accompanied by his full band of 20-plus musicians and featuring “surprises.” The show will be produced by Magnus Studios, a division of Magnus, Marc Anthony’s sports and entertainment company.

Worldwide marketing efforts will be led by Loud & Live, the Miami-based entertainment, marketing, media & live events company. Video and film director Carlos Perez will direct the special, which will stream from Miami.

It’s the first livestream by a major artist since the shut down of major touring last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Big names like J Balvin, Ricardo Montaner and most recently, Fito Páez, have played major livestreams.

But Anthony’s show seems poised to become the largest ticketed Latin livestream, thanks to the mix of the artist’s strong live appeal coupled with a massive marketing and promotion effort that includes both local and international efforts.

“Our goal is to make this the biggest Latin global livestream to date,” says Nelson Alabareda, CEO of Loud & Live. “Marc is a huge ticket seller and a guy who sells out everywhere he goes. But can only do 100 shows a year. How do his fans [in far-flung places] see him?”

“The first thing we did was an analysis of social media to really understand where those Marc fans are,” adds Albareda, whose company counts marketing as one of its biggest strengths.

According to Albareda, ticket prices will hover in the $20-$40 range in all territories. For those seeking a plus, there will be an after party hosted by Alex Sensation with an added bump to the ticket price.

“We think this is going to be an historic moment for a legendary artist,” says Michel Vega, co-founder and CEO of Magnus. “It’s a love letter from Marc to his fans after not performing for nearly a year.”