PARAMOUNT+ AND MTV ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS ANNOUNCE "THREE MONTHS," A NEW FEATURE FILM STARRING INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ACTOR/MUSICIAN TROYE SIVAN AND ACADEMY AWARD(R) WINNER ELLEN BURSTYN

FROM WRITER/DIRECTOR JARED FRIEDER, THE COMING-OF-AGE COMEDY-DRAMA BEGINS STREAMING WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT+

Featuring Two New Original Tracks from Sivan

Feb. 2, 2022 - Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced that THREE MONTHS, a feature film produced by MTV Entertainment Studios starring Troye Sivan ("Boy Erased"), will begin streaming exclusively on the service Wednesday, Feb. 23.

With a magnetic performance by Sivan, who also wrote two original songs for the film, THREE MONTHS is a coming-of-age comedy-drama that tells the story of Caleb, a South Florida teen who loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, Caleb finds love in the most unlikely of places.

The film also stars Viveik Kalra ("Blinded by the Light"), Emmy(R)-nominated Brianne Tju ("Light as a Feather," "I Know What You Did Last Summer"), Academy Award(R) winner Ellen Burstyn ("The Exorcist," "Interstellar"), Judy Greer ("Archer," "Halloween") Javier Munoz ("In the Heights," "Hamilton"), Academy Award(R) winner Louis Gossett, Jr. ("Watchmen," "An Officer and a Gentleman"), and Amy Landecker ("Transparent," "Dan in Real Life").

Written, directed and executive produced by Jared Frieder in his directorial debut, THREE MONTHS is produced by Academy Award(R) nominee Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine of The Allegiance Theater ("Juno," "Up in the Air," "Cries from Syria") and Alex Motlagh of POPFilms. Executive producers are Tim Crane for The Allegiance Theater and Trevor Rose and Pamela Post for MTV Entertainment Studios. Margaret Goodman also serves as co-producer for MTV.

ABOUT TROYE SIVAN

In his career to date, Troye Sivan has amassed over 10 billion combined global streams. His sophomore album, "Bloom" (Capitol Records), was named as one of the best albums of 2018 by critics at Rolling Stone, The Guardian, USA Today, Billboard, OUT, NPR Music and numerous other publications, with TIME saying, "Troye Sivan is the perfect pop star."

USA Today placed his 2020 EP, "In A Dream," on its list of "10 albums you need to hear this month," noting that "Aside from Taylor Swift... no other artist has better captured our quarantine blues than Troye Sivan." The EP included the hits "Take Yourself Home" and "Easy." Troye later collaborated with Kacey Musgraves on a new version of "Easy," which featured Mark Ronson.

His numerous awards include a Billboard Music Awards trophy, three MTV Europe Music awards and two GLAAD Media wins. "Revelation," his collaboration with Jónsi for the film Boy Erased - which Troye co-starred in - was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Motion Picture and shortlisted for an Oscar. "Louder Than Bombs," a track Troye co-wrote, is featured on the BTS album Map of The Soul:7, which debuted at #1 in the U.S., Korea, Australia and around the world in 2020.

ABOUT PARAMOUNT+

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ABOUT MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

MTV Entertainment Group is a preeminent global media company, connecting with its audiences through nine iconic brands including MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, Pop, Logo, Smithsonian, Paramount Network and TV Land. Additionally, MTV Entertainment Studios produces award-winning series, movies and documentary films. MTVE also uses its reach for social impact, spearheading broad change-driven coalitions through mental health and civic engagement campaigns.