Prime Video has provided Vital Thrills with the key art and first-look photos for How to Date Billy Walsh, an Original British high school romantic comedy movie premiering on September 8, 2023.
The movie stars Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper) as Archie, Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton) as Amelia and Tanner Buchanan (Cobra Kai) as Billy.
The additional cast includes Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory), Nick Frost (Paul), Guz Khan (Army of Thieves), Lucy Punch (Motherland), and newcomer Daisy Jelley (London Kills).
In How to Date Billy Walsh, teenagers Amelia (Charithra Chandran) and Archie (Sebastian Croft) have been best friends since childhood. Archie has always been there to fight Amelia’s battles and laugh at her jokes all whilst keeping his lifelong love for her a secret.
Just when he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, Amelia falls head over heels for Billy Walsh (Tanner Buchanan), the new American transfer student.
Heartbroken Archie goes to great lengths to try and keep Amelia and Billy away from each other but ends up pushing them closer together and risks losing his best friend in the process.
How to Date Billy Walsh is directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai (Bridgerton) from a script by Alexander J. Farrell and Greer Ellison (Making a Killing).
The movie is produced by Matt Williams (Save the Cinema) with co-producer Neil Jones (The Colour Room), both of Future Artists Entertainment.
The executive producers include Piers Tempest (Military Wives), Merlin Merton and Sebastian Street (Tomorrow).
The creative credits also include director of photography Hamish Doyne-Ditmas (Save the Cinema), production designer Julian Nagel (Been So Long), costume designer Eleanor Baker (The Princess Switch 3), make up designer Chloe Edwards (Breeders), and editor Matt Platts-Mills (Sanditon).
