“Anora” Oscar winner Mikey Madison is in talks to star in an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe story referred to as “The Masque of the Pink Dying” that’s arrange at A24, a person with information of the venture instructed IndieWire.
Charlie Polinger, a playwright who’s the director of his upcoming debut movie “The Plague,” is directing what’s described as a “wildly revisionist take” on the Poe quick story. Polinger can also be govt producing the movie alongside Lucy McKendrick.
Sydney Sweeney was initially meant to star within the movie, however a supply says she dropped out of the venture attributable to scheduling conflicts. The venture was first reported again in January, with A24 buying worldwide distribution rights for the movie.
A24 had no remark.
“Pink Dying” is a brief initially printed in 1842 in regards to the Prince Prospero as he tries to cover from a plague by hiding himself in an abbey, however within the midst of a masquerade ball, a cloaked determine dressed as a Pink Dying sufferer is an sudden visitor. The Gothic fiction is an allegory for the inevitability of dying, and the brand new movie from Polinger is supposed to be a reimagined tackle the story.
For Madison, this could be her first venture post-Oscars ought to a deal make. “Pink Dying” is anticipated to movie on the finish of this yr or early subsequent yr. Nevertheless, Madison did be part of a package deal for “Reptilia,” a brand new movie that was offered to consumers at Cannes and could be directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarría and co-star Kirsten Dunst. Madison was additionally briefly in talks to affix the “Star Wars” movie “Starfighter” reverse Ryan Gosling, however that fell via.
Previous to successful the Oscar for “Anora,” Madison broke out on FX’s “Higher Issues,” she had a minor however fairly memorable function in Quentin Tarantino’s “As soon as Upon a Time…in Hollywood,” which additionally starred Sweeney, and she or he starred in “Scream” from 2022.
Madison is represented by UTA, Genuine Expertise, and Sloane Provide. Polinger is represented by UTA and Nameless Content material.
THR first reported the information.