Nick Jonas trending yesterday, I assumed it was something to do with the Jonas Brothers. A tour announcement, a new single, something like that. But no. The man has officially signed on to star in a Netflix rom-com, and the plot summary alone had me putting my phone down for a second just to process it.
So here’s what’s happening. He plays this guy who has basically made a lifestyle out of avoiding anything serious. No relationships, no responsibilities, just vibes. And then his cousin dies and leaves him the baby. Just like that, boom, he’s a dad. No warning, no preparation, just a tiny human who needs everything from him and has absolutely no interest in his excuses.
He fumbles through it. Tries to figure it out. And honestly that part of the story already sounds like it has real potential because there’s something universally funny and also kind of moving about watching someone who had life all figured out suddenly have no idea what they’re doing. We’ve all been that person in some version of the situation, maybe not with a baby specifically, but with something that showed up and rearranged everything without asking permission first.
Then just when he’s getting his footing, the baby’s godmother comes around the holidays wanting to take the child. She’s got her reasons. He’s got his. And somehow in the middle of all that back and forth these two people who started off basically as each other’s problem end up falling in love. Classic. Absolutely classic. And I mean that with full affection because when it’s done well that setup genuinely works every single time.
Ari Sandel is directing this thing. He made The DUFF years ago and that film deserved more credit than it got. It was funny but it also had actual heart in it, which is harder to pull off than people think. A lot of comedies mistake jokes for personality. Sandel doesn’t do that. And the writer is Tamara Chestna, who did Something from Tiffany’s, that little holiday film on Amazon that snuck up on a lot of people because it was just genuinely nice to watch. Not trying too hard. Just a good story told well.
Nick is also producing through his own banner which means he chose this on purpose. He’s not just the guy they called because he was available. He read this, believed in it, and put his name on it as a producer. That usually means something.
No date confirmed yet but a Christmas plot on Netflix basically tells you everything you need to know. Holiday season 2026, cozy lighting, enemies to lovers, a baby doing baby things in the background. It’s going to do numbers.
But what actually got me when I saw all this was stepping back and looking at everything else he’s got going on at the same time, because it’s a lot.
Power Ballad just played at SXSW, and the response was not the polite kind. People actually came out of it buzzing. It’s him and Paul Rudd in a film directed by John Carney, who made Once, and if you’ve seen Once you already understand why that director attached to a story about music is worth paying attention to. Lionsgate releases it June 5 and I’ve already blocked the date off mentally.
Then there’s a holiday horror film called White Elephant with Kathryn Newton. Horror. So in the same year he’s doing a warm cozy Netflix Christmas love story and a horror film set during the holidays. The fact that he’s doing both of those things in the same breath and neither one feels like a miscalculation says a lot about where he is right now as an actor.
Jumanji 3 is also wrapped. Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Nick Jonas, all back together. That’s a movie that sells itself.
And then personally, he’s been bringing up Priyanka Chopra’s work on the Rajamouli film Varanasi whenever he gets the chance in interviews. It’s been shooting for over a year. He talks about it the way you talk about something you’ve actually been paying attention to, not the standard supportive spouse line, but real specific pride. It’s a small thing, but it sticks with you.
I think what I keep coming back to with him is that he never seemed like someone who needed to prove anything. Some people who come from where he came from, the teenage pop stardom, the band, all of it, they spend the next ten years overcompensating. Doing gritty indie films and giving interviews about how much they’ve grown. Jonas never really did that. He just kept working. Kept picking things that interested him. Kept showing up in places you didn’t expect.
And now he’s standing in the middle of a rom-com and a horror film and a music dramedy and a blockbuster franchise all at once and somehow it doesn’t feel scattered. It feels like someone who genuinely loves what they do and has enough confidence in that to not worry about what it looks like from the outside.
The Netflix film doesn’t even have a title yet. Honestly, at this point, that might be the least interesting thing about it.
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Sana has been covering film, fame, and everything in between for over a decade. From red carpets to rehab rumors, she brings nuance, wit, and an insider’s edge to every story. When she’s not reporting, she’s probably watching Koffee With Karan reruns or doom-scrolling celebrity IG feeds.
