Exclusive photos: Zsa Zsa Zemeckis Leads “State-Crossed Lovers” from Stonestreet Studios with Cristian Bisbal

Los Angeles, CA (July 17, 2025). Chilean actor Cristian Bisbal (Togather, Happy… Birthday?) has joined the cast of the drama State-Crossed Lovers from Stonestreet Studios. The casting news comes as production gets underway. Alongside the debut of exclusive first-look photos from the film’s opening days of shooting.

Bisbal Fuenzalida stars opposite Zsa Zsa Zemeckis (Here, Jump) as Lucas Cruz. A charismatic young man whose dreams of escape and future beyond his circumstances mirror those of Mila Hart (Zemeckis). A secretly pregnant teenager grappling with family expectations, religion, and laws that threaten to shape her future. Their relationship deepens. The two young lovers find themselves navigating a collision of love, loyalty, and societal pressures that could alter the course of their lives.

Bisbal was trained by Stonestreet Studios’ screen acting residency program with NYU Tisch Drama. While Zemeckis—born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA—has trained at the Will Wallace Acting Company.

“From the chemistry between our two leads to the artistry of our entire team. State-Crossed Lovers is becoming exactly the graphic and magical realist world I imagined,” Bennett said. “The true stories that inspired this film remind us that our culture, and our laws. And, even our religions can become the Montagues and Capulets of today.”

Directed, co-written, and co-produced by Alyssa Rallo Bennett (ReRUN, The Pack, The Arrival, Aberrant, Rain Without Thunder), co-written by Gary O. Bennett (ReRUN, The Joke’s on Them, Madness of Art), and co-produced by Liz Ortiz (Advantageous, Barrio Boy, And… Seen), State-Crossed Lovers follows two young lovers attempting to survive the collision of family expectations, culture, politics, and the law. Echoing the timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the film examines how institutional systems and generational beliefs can shape—and threaten—forbidden love in a contemporary setting.

The project is currently production with I Ain’t Playin’ Films and Stonestreet Studios, the New York City-based production company celebrating 34 years as a fully operational, multi-purpose motion picture studio.

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