Zendaya And Robert Pattinson In Early Talks To Star In A24’s ‘The Drama’ From ‘Dream Scenario’ Director Kristoffer Borgli
EXCLUSIVE: Following the acclaim of his most recent film Dream Scenario, director Kristoffer Borgli is reuniting with A24 and looks to have landed two of the town’s biggest names to star in his next film. Sources tell Deadline that A24 is set to finance and produce Borgli’s The Drama, with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in early negotiations to star. Borgli will direct from a script he wrote.
Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone will produce under their Square Peg banner. Project details are under wraps, but rumors suggest it’s about a romance that takes an unexpected turn before a couple’s big day.
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This marks another film collaboration between Square Peg and A24 that previously resulted in Hereditary, Midsommar, Dream Scenario as well as upcoming films Death of a Unicorn starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega and Eddington starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.
Following the Dream Scenario success last fall, A24 was high on working with Borgli again, but the project gained serious momentum after Zendaya showed a strong interest in starring. Pattinson followed later and, while deals still need to close, the project has now become a top priority at the studio.
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Zendaya has already has a big year that started with Dune: Part Two, which grossed more then $700 million at the worldwide box office. She followed that up with her tennis drama Challengers at Amazon MGM Studios, starring opposite Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor in a film that earned strong reviews while grossing $94 million at global box office including $50 million domestically.
Zendaya is also expected to return in her Emmy-winning role on the HBO series Euphoria, which starts filming at the top of 2025.
For Pattinson, The Batman star can be seen next in Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 and is about to begin production on Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love.
Zendaya is repped by CAA, Monster Talent Management and Andre Des Rochers at Granderson Des Rochers, while Pattinson is with 3 Arts Entertainment, WME, Curtis Brown, and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Borgli is repped by UTA and Square Peg is repped by WME.
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