After working together onKathryn Bigelow’sDetroitand the indie movieGlassland,Jack ReynorandWill Poulterare nearing deals to joinFlorence Pughin the untitled new horror movie fromHereditarywriter-directorAri Aster, sources tell Collider.
Pugh and Reynor will play a couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for it’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
We’ve heard the ensemble will also includeVilhem Blomgren,William Jackson Harper,Ellora TorchiaandArchie Madekwe.
Lars Knudsenis producing the A24 film, which is currently filming in Budapest. Pugh let the cat out of the bag while promoting her new BBC dramaThe Little Drummer Girlat this week’s Television Critics Association press tour.
Aster’s directorial debutHereditaryrecently became A24’s highest-grossing movie, taking in $70 million worldwide, so it’s no surprise that the studio jumped at the chance to finance and distribute Aster’s next film. WME rallied behind its new client, encouraging its other clients Pugh, Reynor and Poulter to take prominent roles in Aster’s new movie.
Reynor currently stars in the CBS All Access seriesStrange Angel, and he’ll soon be seen alongsideJames Francoin the sci-fi movieKin. He also co-stars oppositeFelicity JonesandArmie Hammerin the Ruth Bader Ginsburg dramaOn the Basis of Sex.
Poulter made a name for himself in films likeWe’re the Millers,The Maze RunnerandThe Revenant. He’ll next be seen oppositeDomhnall GleesoninLenny Abrahamson’sThe Little Stranger.
Pugh is best known for her star-making turn inLady Macbeth. She’ll soon be seen in alongsideChris PineandAaron Taylor-JohnsoninDavid Mackenzie’sOutlaw King, and she was recently cast inGreta Gerwig’s adaptation ofLittle Women.
In addition to WME, Reynor is represented by MacFarlane Chard, Poulter is repped by Hamilton Hodell, and Pugh is repped by Julian Belfrage Associates.
