The Weekend Joins Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan in Trey Edward Shults’ Latest Movie
thewrap.comAbel “The Weekend” Tesfaye has signed on to Trey Edward Shults’ untitled new picture. The film will team the musician with rising star Jenna Ortega and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan.
Shults will direct from a script he penned with Tesfaye and producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.There are no details yet offered for the in-production feature.
Shults has quickly made a name for himself via a handful of wrenching melodramas. Unless this new project is a major change of pace, audiences can expect the filmmaker behind “Krisha,” “It Comes at Night” and “Waves” to provide spectacular performances, an emotional workout and a relatively unhappy ending.Chayse Irvin will serve as Director of Photography while Daniel Lopatin (also known as OPN) will provide the score alongside The Weekend.
He previously scored “Good Times” and “Uncut Gems” — the latter of which featured a cameo by The Weekend playing a loose, unglamorous variation of himself.Keoghan has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” while recently winning a BAFTA for the same role.
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