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Lauren Asher’s Throttled movie adaptation is racing ahead. Off Campusstar Josh Heuston andCulpa Mía actress Nicole Wallace are at the wheel of the Formula 1 romance, and their crew has gotten even bigger. After Julio Peña joined the cast, Mia McKenna-Bruce was announced as another supporting player — though she could eventually lead her own Throttled film if all the books in Asher’s Dirty Airseries are adapted by Prime Video.
We’re getting ahead of ourselves, though. The first movie is all about Heuston’s Noah Slade and Wallace’s Maya Alatorre. When Maya joins her brother (Peña) at the racing World Championship, she becomes entangled in a forbidden romance. “[Maya] is a math major, she loves F1 and knows all of the engineering,” Wallace told Deadline. “She falls for her brother’s rival [Noah], so there’s a conflict of interest and family loyalty going on, but also, it’s about a female in a very male-dominated sport. I’m excited to be able to dive in and [explore] how she experiences all of that.”
Get the full rundown on the Throttledadaptation below. Once you know everything about the plot, release date, cast, and more, let us know your thoughts in the comments section at the end of the page.
Who has been cast in Throttled?
Noah is played by Heuston, who is best known for his roles as Justin in Off Campus, Dusty in Heartbreak High, and as Constantine in Dune: Prophecy. For Heuston, this marks his second major book-to-screen role with Prime Video. (Ahead of the announcement, readers were convinced that Heuston would be stepping into a different Prime Video series: Fourth Wing.)
Wallace has experience in the Prime Video space, too. The 24-year-old Spanish-American actress catapulted to fame by starring in the mega-successful 2023 film Culpa Mía and the two films that followed, all based on author Mercedes Ron’s books. Coincidentally, Wallace’s Culpa Mía character, Noah, also races cars. “Just a girl that likes her cars,” Wallace wrote on Instagram upon the casting announcement. Throttled is her first U.S.-based production.
Julio Peña is joining the circuit as a Formula 1 racer and Maya’s brother, Santiago Alatorre, who leads the fourth book in Asher’s series. The 26-year-old actor is known for the Netflix romance trilogy Through My Window.
Mia McKenna-Bruce, a 29-year-old English actress who starred in the 2023 film How to Have Sex, is playing Sophie Mitchell, the daughter of a powerful figure in the racing world. The character leads Asher’s second Dirty Air book, Collided.
The movie is being directed by Daisy Jones & The Six‘s Nzingha Stewart.
What has Josh Heuston said about Throttled?
When the news broke that Heuston had been cast in Throttled, he posted on Instagram, writing, “Get in the car.” Of course, in the comments, fans were quick to question whether playing Noah means that Heuston will not be in Fourth Wing as either Xaden or Bohdi, as fans have predicted. Heuston himself commented, “2/3” on his announcement post, fueling the Fourth Wing rumors.
As “2/3” could be read as February 3 or two out of three. It seems too early in the process for a February premiere date, so fans have latched onto the two-out-of-three theory. One wrote, “Maybe 2/3 is book adaptations so his first is off campus, his second is this one and his third maybe is fourth wing.” Another questioned, “IS THIS RAGE BAITING!????? [dragon emoji 2x].”
What is Throttled’s release date?
Unless Heuston spilled the release date in his Instagram comments and the film really is coming next February, there is no set premiere date for Throttledjust yet, though it seems the cast is all together as of October 2026. Wallace shared photos of herself with the script on October 18. Check back here for more updates!
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