Cate Blanchett and Selena Gomez are set to star together in director Brady Corbet's next film alongside German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender. But not everyone will be able to see it in cinemas, according to Variety magazine.
Speaking during an acting masterclass session at the Cannes International Film Festival, Blanchett blurted out that “I'm going to work with Brady Corbet on a movie.”
Variety has confirmed that the veteran actress has indeed been cast in the Oscar-nominated director's next feature, and Gomez will also star in the production alongside Fassbender. The InSneider publication previously reported on Gomez's casting.
Story details for the film, which still doesn't have an official title, remain shrouded in mystery. But Corbet, director of the acclaimed 2024 film The Brutalist, has said in interviews that he wants to make an X-rated feature set in the 1970s.
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“The film spans from the 19th century to the present day — but the main focus falls on the '70s. It's a film that really defies genre conventions,” he told THR in an interview last November.
More recently, Corbet hinted at a screenwriters' festival last month that his new feature would be a considerable length, saying the script was 200 pages long.
By comparison, the script for “The Brutalist” was 165 pages, and the film was three and a half hours long. The feature film was one of the most acclaimed of 2024 and brought actor Adrien Brody his second Oscar of his career, more than two decades after he received the statuette for his memorable performance in “The Pianist”.
The new project will be Corbet's fourth feature film, following “The Childhood of a Leader” and “Vox Lux,” which he made before “The Brutalist.”
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For Oscar winner Blanchett, working with a director who leaves his unmistakable mark on his films will not be new. She has previously worked with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, David Fincher and Wes Anderson.
Most recently, she starred in Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother, which won the Golden Lion at last year's Venice International Film Festival. The actress won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator” (2004) and won the Best Actress trophy thanks to the 2013 drama “Blue Jasmine,” directed by Woody Allen.
Gomez, in addition to being a pop star in the US, also has a long acting career.
After making her Disney Channel debut with the series “Wizards of Waverly Place,” she went on to star in the eccentric comedy “Spring Breakers” in 2012, and most recently starred in the film “Emilia Pérez.” The 2024 feature earned her the best actress award at Cannes, shared with Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz.
She also starred for five seasons on Disney+'s acclaimed crime comedy series Only Murders in the Building. The series that earned him an Emmy Award nomination has been renewed for a sixth season.
