Driver’s Ed(2026)

Wilmington-based producer Jonas Pate — co-creator of Netflix's Outer Banks — commissioned the script and likened the project to John Hughes's classic, but confined to a single vehicle. He also envisioned it as the first entry in a potential series of young-adult films shot in the Wilmington area.

Molly Shannon and Kumail Nanjiani presented together at the SAG Awards the day before their casting was announced. The two co-stars shared the stage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, February 23, 2025 — then were publicly revealed as leads in Driver's Ed the very next day.

Filming began in March 2025 in Wilmington, North Carolina, but the production later relocated to Georgia to complete additional photography — making it a two-state shoot despite the road-trip story being set largely in the Carolinas.