To star in musical

portrayed the Alexis character in Lionsgate's upcoming musical "La La Land," as one of the roommates of Emma Stone's character. The film, directed by Damien Chazelle, will open in limited theatrical release on Dec 9.

Variety reported in October that Rothe was starring in Blumhouse's horror movie "Half to Death." Rothe just wrapped the indie feature "Forever My Girl." Her other credits include Gabriele Muccino's "Summertime," "The Disaster Artist," and "Please Stand By" with Dakota Fanning and Toni Collette. She also appeared in the web series "High Maintenance," which recently sold to HBO, and currently stars in MTV's comedy "Mary + Jane." Rothe is repped by Gersh, Principato Young and Hansen Jacobson. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. — Reuters