Netflix has finally released the R-rated teen comedy, Incoming. The movie was first announced in July 2022 and was described as a high school comedy about four freshmen who are faced with the greatest challenge of their young lives when they get ready to attend their first-ever party.
Incoming is a comedy written and directed by The Mick creators Dave Chernin and John Chernin and marks the two brothers' feature film directorial debut. The movie has made its way to the Netflix streaming platform today, Friday, August 23, 2024.
The cast list of Incoming explored
Mason Thames as Benj Nielsen
Mason Thames is an American actor who made his name with his lead role as Finney Blake in Scott Derrickson's horror movie The Black Phone (2021), and he will also reprise his role in the sequel of the movie too. Thames also featured as a Young Walker in the first two seasons of Walker. Before that, he appeared in three episodes of the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind season 1, which came out in 2019.
Thames will next star alongside Mel Gibson in Boys of Summer, directed by David Henrie, and in a live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, alongside Nico Parker. Mason Thames plays Benj, the good-natured, smart but insecure kid, in Netflix's Incoming.
Ali Gallo as Alyssa Nielsen
Joining Thames is Ali Gallo, who plays Benji’s mean-spirited older sister, Alyssa Nielsen. Gallo is a popular actor who has made her name with her roles in the movies The S*x Lives of College Girls (2021) and Unhuman (2022).
Isabella Ferreira as Bailey
Isabella Ferreira started her career with dancing but soon discovered her love for acting. From a very young age, she has been gracing the small and big screen with significant projects. Ferreira was featured on Hulu's beloved series, Love, Victor, following which she starred in Crush, Social Distance, and also on the acclaimed television series, Orange is the New Black. Isabella Ferreira plays Bailey, the girl of Benji’s dreams, in the Netflix comedy.
Others in the cast list of Incoming
Here is the list of other cast members in Netflix's latest R-rated teen comedy:
- Raphael Alejandro as Connor
- Bardia Seiri as Danah 'Koosh' Koushani
- Ramon Reed as Eddie
- Bobby Cannavale as Mr. Studebaker
- Kaitlin Olson as Ms. Nielsen
- Thomas Barbusca as Ruby
- Loren Gray as Katrina Aurienna
- Scott MacArthur as Dennis
- Sammi-Jack Martincak as Nicole
- Anissa Borrego as Ester
- Gattlin Griffith as Shaved Head
- Imogen Tear as Awkward Sophomore
- Haylee Baldwin
About the Netflix teen comedy-drama
Incoming is the story of a phenomenal night in the life of a group of high school freshmen who crash a party, and chaos ensues. The Chernins brothers claim to have always loved high school comedies and were eager to work on the genre. Discussing their decision to make a teen drama, John Chernin said to Netflix Tudum:
"We weren’t getting any younger. With every passing day, we were getting further away from our own time in high school. So we figured, let’s just write that one and see what happens."
Dave Chernin added to it:
"We always wanted to write a high school movie. So, for 15-plus years, we’ve been kicking around the idea of a high school movie, and there were just little moments that we always had written in notepads. We landed on the title of Incoming and realized, ‘Oh, this is four freshmen having this weird early-life identity crisis.’ That kind of became the engine for the story."
The movie is produced by Nicholas Stoller and Conor Welch of Stoller Global Solutions, with Todd Garner, Peter Principato, Ben Silverman, and Mark Korshak of Artists Road also involved in the project.
Incoming is now streaming on Netflix.