Actress Cate Blanchett and Selena Gomez are set to star in `The Brutalist` director Brady Corbet`s next film alongside Michael Fassbender, reported Variety.
According to the outlet, during a masterclass at Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, Blanchett let slip that she`s “about to work with Brady Corbet on a film.” The actress has indeed been cast in the Oscar-nominated helmer`s next feature, with Gomez also starring in addition to Fassbender. The InSneider had previously reported Gomez`s casting.
Plot details of the still untitled film remain shrouded in secrecy, though Corbet has said in interviews that he was looking to make an “X-rated” feature set in the `70s.
“The film spans from the 19th century into the present day — it`s just predominantly focused on the `70s. The film is really, really genre-defying,” Brady Corbet told the Hollywood Reporter. It`s also reportedly being shot using very rare eight-perf 65mm cameras.
At the Storyhouse Screenwriting Festival in Dublin last month, Corbet teased that the new film will be lengthy, saying it has a 200-page script. By comparison, “The Brutalist” was a 165-page script and had a three-and-a-half-hour runtime, reported Variety.
Andrew Morrison is producing the next Corbet project for his Kaplan Morrison production banner. It will mark Corbet`s fourth feature, having directed 2015`s “The Childhood of a Leader” and 2018`s “Vox Lux” before “The Brutalist.”
Oscar-winning actor Blanchett has worked with auteurs including Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, David Fincher and Wes Anderson. She most recently starred in Jim Jarmusch`s “Father Mother Sister Brother,” which won the Golden Lion at last year`s Venice Film Festival.
According to Variety, Cate won the best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as Katharine Hepburn in Scorsese`s `The Aviator` (2004) and took home the best actress trophy for Woody Allen`s 2013 drama `Blue Jasmine.`
Gomez, in addition to being a global pop star and the founder of makeup brand Rare Beauty, has also had a long acting career. After starting on the Disney Channel with series `Wizards of Waverly Place,` Gomez broke out in Harmony Korine`s 2012 romp `Spring Breakers` and most recently starred in Jacques Audiard`s `Emilia Perez,` which won her a Cannes best actress award alongside Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon and Adriana Paz.
She`s also led five seasons of the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building,” which has earned her an Emmy nomination and has been renewed for a sixth season.
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