Updated September 24, 2026

Lauren Asher’s racing romance Throttled is becoming a movie for Prime Video. Nicole Wallace will play Maya Alatorre, and Josh Heuston will play Noah Slade, putting the forbidden romance at the center of the first Dirty Airbook on screen. If you have only just heard about the adaptation, there is already a clear answer to who is making it and what the source novel is about. There is no announced release date yet.

Here is what has been confirmed so far, what comes from Asher’s book, and what remains an open question.

What is confirmed about the Throttled movie?

Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the rights to make a feature film based on Throttled for Prime Video. The studio has announced Wallace and Heuston as the leads. Nzingha Stewart is directing from a screenplay by Melissa Osborne. Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman of Brownstone Productions are among the producers, alongside Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay of Ethea Entertainment and Garrett Grant. Asher and Alison Small are executive producers, according to Deadline’s casting report.

The casting brings together two actors who are already familiar to viewers of screen romances. Wallace starred in the Culpables films, beginning with My Fault, while Heuston appeared in the Off Campus series. Their roles here hinge on a specific complication: Noah races alongside Maya’s brother even as he becomes the person Maya wants to get close to.

What is Throttled about?

In Asher’s description of the novel, Noah Slade is a fiercely competitive Formula 1 driver with a guarded personality. Maya Alatorre is an ambitious recent graduate and the sister of Noah’s new teammate. Noah and Maya are drawn to one another, but her family connection and the tension inside the racing team make a relationship difficult to keep simple or private.

Maya’s brother is Santiago Alatorre, a driver whose relationship with Noah adds another stake to the romance. The premise is more than a driver falling for someone in the paddock: Noah must navigate a rivalry and a team partnership while pursuing his teammate’s sister. Maya has her own choices to make as she travels through this world and considers what she wants beyond her brother’s career.

That is the book’s premise, rather than a scene-by-scene description of the finished movie. The production has identified Maya and Noah as its leads, but has not released a full screenplay synopsis or explained which scenes, side characters or racing events will survive the adaptation.

Who is in the Throttled cast?

Nicole Wallace is Maya Alatorre. Maya enters the racing world with her brother and finds herself attracted to Noah, the one driver whose relationship with Santiago makes that attraction especially complicated. Wallace’s casting was announced on September 18, 2026, in an Amazon MGM Studios post.

Josh Heuston is Noah Slade. Noah is Maya’s brother’s teammate and racing rival, and Asher’s novel presents him as intensely focused and difficult to get close to. Heuston was attached when the film project was first reported; People spoke with Asher about the adaptation earlier in September.

Santiago is central to the book’s setup, but an actor for Santiago has not been announced in the confirmed reports available as of this update. The same applies to other Dirty Air characters. A character’s presence in the novel does not, by itself, establish that the character will appear in the movie.

When will Throttled be released on Prime Video?

There is no confirmed release date or release window for Throttled. Prime Video is the announced streaming destination, but a premiere month, filming schedule and trailer date have not been publicly set. Any specific 2027 or 2028 release prediction should be treated as speculation until the studio provides a date.

There is also no official trailer or first-look footage. Cast announcement graphics and fan edits can circulate long before filming begins, so check the studio or Prime Video’s own channels before treating a video as a trailer.

Is Throttled based on a true Formula 1 team?

Throttled is fiction set in a Formula 1 inspired racing world. Noah, Maya and Santiago are Asher’s characters. The novel draws on the travel, competition and team pressures that make motorsport a compelling backdrop for romance; it is not a biography of a real driver or a report about a real team. The film’s exact treatment of the sport, including any racing footage or partnerships, has not been detailed publicly.

For readers wondering whether racing knowledge is required, the central conflict is easy to grasp: Noah and Santiago share a team, rivalry complicates their working relationship, and Maya’s growing attachment to Noah threatens to change the dynamic between all three. The races raise the pressure, but the book’s main promise is the romance.

Where does Throttled fit in the Dirty Air series?

Throttled is the first of four interconnected standalone romances. The remaining books are Collided, Wrecked and Redeemed, in that order. Simon & Schuster’s series description identifies each as a separate love story in the same racing world. Redeemed returns to Santiago as a romantic lead.

That structure gives the filmmakers a larger group of characters to draw from, but only the Throttled feature has been reported here. Additional Dirty Air movie adaptations have not been confirmed. Likewise, the existence of later books does not tell us whether this first film will tease another couple or end solely with Maya and Noah’s story.

Readers can start with Throttled before the movie without reading the entire series. It introduces the setting and the central relationship the adaptation is built around. If you enjoy the supporting cast, the other three novels offer more time in Asher’s racing world.

What should fans watch for next?

The most meaningful updates will be casting for Santiago and the supporting roles, a production announcement, and an official release date. Those details will tell readers more about the scope of the adaptation than an unverified trailer or fan casting post. For now, the essentials are established: Wallace and Heuston lead a Prime Video film adapting Asher’s Noah and Maya romance; Stewart directs; Osborne wrote the screenplay. The specifics of how the book becomes a film are still to come.

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