{"id":159691,"date":"2025-06-05T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159691\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:03:10","slug":"mikey-madison-in-talks-to-lead-a24s-masque-of-the-red-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159691\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikey Madison in Talks to Lead A24&#8217;s &#8216;Masque of the Red Death&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/mikey-madison\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mikey-madison\" data-tag=\"mikey-madison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikey Madison<\/a> has landed another buzzy project after nabbing the Oscar for her performance in \u201cAnora.\u201d The actor is in talks to lead A24 and Picturestart\u2019s \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/masque-of-the-red-death\/\" id=\"auto-tag_masque-of-the-red-death\" data-tag=\"masque-of-the-red-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masque of the Red Death<\/a>,\u201d writer\/director Charlie Polinger\u2019s wildly revisionist take on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMadison replaces Sydney Sweeney, who sources say dropped from the project due to scheduling conflicts. Polinger and Lucy McKendrick will executive produce. A24 has acquired worldwide distribution rights for the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPolinger is currently in post-production on his film \u201cThe Plague,\u201d which was made independently and stars Joel Edgerton. He is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMadison <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/mikey-madison-kirsten-dunst-reptilia-exotic-animal-trade-1236392488\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will next star in \u201cReptilia\u201d<\/a> alongside Kirsten Dunst. The thriller tells the story of a dental hygienist who is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida\u2019s exotic animal trade. Alejandro Landes Echavarr\u00eda, the filmmaker behind the hallucinatory hostage drama \u201cMonos,\u201d will direct the feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPrior to landing the title role in Sean Baker\u2019s \u201cAnora\u201d (which also earned her a BAFTA and Independent Spirit Award), Madison starred in \u201cScream 5\u201d and appeared in Quentin Tarantino\u2019s \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood.\u201d She was also part of the ensemble on FX\u2019s \u201cBetter Things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMadison has been in high demand after her Oscar win, and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/mikey-madison-star-wars-movie-ryan-gosling-1236370984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turned down a role<\/a> in the new, untitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/star-wars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars<\/a>\u201d movie directed by \u201cDeadpool &amp; Wolverine\u201d filmmaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/shawn-levy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shawn Levy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMadison is represented by UTA and Authentic Talent &amp; Literary Management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter was first to report Madison\u2019s casting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mikey Madison has landed another buzzy project after nabbing the Oscar for her performance in \u201cAnora.\u201d The actor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,67472,16704,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-masque-of-the-red-death","11":"tag-mikey-madison","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114629719184366678","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}