THR studies that Mikey Madison is in talks to star in The Masque of the Purple Dying, the upcoming reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s traditional story from filmmaker Charlie Polinger. Sydney Sweeney was initially set to star within the film, however was compelled to drop out because of scheduling conflicts.
Sources inform THR that Madison would play “twin sisters in a narrative that sees a mad prince take within the noble class into his fortress whereas a plague devastates the peasantry. The story sees a long-lost twin, hidden among the many decrease class, enter the fortress and right into a decadent world of orgies, opium, energy schemes, revenge and decapitations.” Feels like a blast. The movie comes from A24, which can deal with world distribution, with manufacturing by Picturestart. The Masque of the Purple Dying will shoot on the finish of the yr or in early 2026.
There have been a number of diversifications of Poe’s Masque of the Purple Dying through the years, essentially the most well-known of which is the Roger Corman film starring Vincent Value, which was launched in 1964.
Madison has had her decide of tasks after successful the Academy Award for Finest Actress for Anora, however she’s fairly selective about what she plans to deal with subsequent. She was briefly in talks to play the villain in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter, however finally handed on the mission. She is connected to star alongside Kirsten Dunst in Reptilia, a brand new characteristic from Alejandro Landes Echavarría (Monos). The film is a few dental hygienist seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the darkish and moist underworld of Florida’s unique animal commerce. It’s primarily based on a script by Landes Echavarría and Duke Merriman. Principal pictures will start this fall.
As I discussed, Sweeney needed to go away The Masque of the Purple Dying because of scheduling, and he or she definitely has a busy yr. She’s nonetheless capturing the third season of Euphoria, the place she’s again as Cassie Howard, and he or she’s additionally because of star within the upcoming live-action adaptation of Gundam from Legendary Leisure, which is predicted to start out capturing this fall.