Logan Lerman Joins Searchlight's Playmates, a Story Set at the Playboy Mansion
Logan Lerman has joined the cast of Playmates, a Searchlight Pictures film inspired by Lorraine Nicholson's own years growing up at the Playboy Mansion, Deadline reported on 13 November 2026.
Lerman will play a character named Mr. Wick. The film follows 13-year-old Elle, played by Indiana Elle, who thinks of the mansion as her second home.
Elle meets Anna, played by Lily-Rose Depp. Anna is one of seven hopefuls competing to be Playmate of the Month, the magazine's monthly featured model.
Bill Pullman plays Hugh Hefner, the magazine's founder. Jessica Biel plays a fictionalised former Playboy Playmate who was one of Hefner's wives. Van Patten's character is named Jade.
Nicholson is making her feature directorial debut, which means her first full-length film as director. She also adapted the film from her own original script. Producers include Alex Orlovsky and Duncan Montgomery of High Frequency Entertainment, along with Depp.
Lerman has built much of his recent screen work on television. He appeared in Season 5 of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building. He is also set to star opposite Emily Bader in Netflix's reboot of 13 Going on 30. His representation is UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, the agencies that find and negotiate work for clients.
For a film built around a real place and a real family, the casting puts a familiar name at the centre of a new story from a first-time director. The cast list now pairs a young lead with established actors in the older roles, and the film is still in production's early stages.
