Prepare for some severe drama. A24 will finance and produce the subsequent characteristic movie from Kristoffer Borgli referred to as “The Drama,” and the indie distributor has tapped each Zendaya and Robert Pattinson for the leads, each of whom are in early negotiations to star.
A person with information of the venture advised IndieWire “The Drama” is each written and directed by Borgli (“Dream Scenario”) and will probably be produced by Ari Aster and his Sq. Peg manufacturing banner. Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone may even produce.
Plot particulars for the movie are being stored underneath wraps, however sources say the movie is a couple of a romance that takes an sudden flip earlier than the couple’s large day.
A24 launched “Dream Scenario” starring Nicolas Cage final yr, which was additionally directed by Borgli and produced by Sq. Peg. Sq. Peg has teamed with A24 on “Hereditary,” “Midsommar” and the upcoming “Death of a Unicorn” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega and “Eddington” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone.
A forged doesn’t get a lot hotter than Zendaya and Pattinson. Zendaya after all this yr starred in “Challengers” and “Dune: Part Two,” and she’ll quickly return to her function in the third season of HBO’s “Euphoria” early subsequent yr.
As for Pattinson, he’s starring in Bong Joon-Ho’s “Mickey 17,” and he’s about to start manufacturing on the subsequent movie from Lynne Ramsay, “Die, My Love.”
Borgli not too long ago signed on to direct “The Shards” for HBO, which is a sequence primarily based on a Bret Easton Ellis serial killer novel.
A24 has had a giant yr between “Love Lies Bleeding,” “I Saw the TV Glow,” “MaXXXine,” and “Civil War,” the latter of which is likely one of the indie studio’s largest movies to this point. Nonetheless on the horizon are “A Different Man” with Sebastian Stan and the horror thriller “Heretic” from the writers of “A Quiet Place.”
Deadline first reported the information.
