2 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh disconnected his first Academy Award information for The Secret Agent, Wagner Moura has inked a woody to prima other Kristen Stewart successful Flesh of nan Gods, a vampire thriller from Mandy helmer Panos Cosmatos that A24 has recently boarded arsenic U.S. distributor.
Moura takes complete a lead domiciled from Oscar Isaac, who we’re told exited owed to a scheduling conflict.
First announced during nan summertime of 2024, arsenic portion of nan Cannes Market, Flesh of nan Gods follows Raoul (Moura) and Alex (Stewart), a joined mates successful sparkling ’80s Los Angeles who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and caput into an electrical nighttime realm. When they transverse paths pinch nan mysterious and enigmatic Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, Raoul and Alex are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.
Pic is written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en) from a communicative by Cosmatos and Walker. Adam McKay and Betsy Koch are producing for HyperObject Industries, alongside Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo for Germany’s augenschein Filmproduktion, and Stewart and Maggie McLean for Nevermind Pictures. XYZ Films is handling world income and financing nan task successful relation pinch IPR.VC.
Moura made history pinch The Secret Agent by becoming nan first Brazilian nominated for nan Academy Award for Best Actor, arsenic good arsenic nan first Brazilian to triumph a Golden Globe for acting and Cannes’ prize for Best Actor. Released successful nan U.S. by Neon, nan movie from Kleber Mendonça Filho had him playing Marcelo, a exertion master who becomes entangled successful a high-stakes governmental conspiracy amid nan last years of Brazil’s subject dictatorship.
Breaking retired a small complete a decade agone pinch his move arsenic Pablo Escobar successful Netflix’s Narcos, which brought him his first Golden Globe nomination, Moura has besides precocious been seen successful Alex Garland’s A24 movie Civil War, arsenic good arsenic Apple’s crime play Dope Thief other Brian Tyree Henry. Next up, he’ll beryllium seen starring successful Louis Leterrier’s Netflix sci-fi scary flick 11817, other Greta Lee, arsenic good arsenic successful nan play The Last Day, other Alicia Vikander. He is repped by WME and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole.
