Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza are directing a brand new conflict film collectively for A24 that might star Might December’s Charles Melton.
Per Deadline, Garland and Mendoza are working collectively on a brand new conflict movie for A24. The 2 just lately collaborated on Civil Warfare, as Mendoza served because the army supervisor for the upcoming thriller that’s written and directed by Garland.
Whereas his casting has not but been confirmed, Melton is in talks to star within the film, which is anticipated to be an ensemble piece. Deadline stories that “the remaining solid ought to come collectively shortly as a way to get in manufacturing later this yr.”
Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and Peter Rice will produce the film. Plot particulars stay underneath wraps presently.
Melton co-starred in Todd Haynes’ Might December, which was launched on Netflix in December 2023, alongside Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. He additionally performed Reggie Mantle within the CW’s Riverdale and in addition appeared in 2020’s Dangerous Boys for Life and 2022’s Secret Headquarters.
Garland is thought for steering 2014’s Ex Machina, 2018’s Annihilation, and 2022’s Males, all of which have been launched by A24. He additionally labored on the screenplays for 2002’s 28 Days Later, 2007’s Sunshine, and 2012’s Dredd.
Alex Garland’s Civil Warfare releases in April 2024
Civil Warfare releases in the USA on April 12, 2024 from A24. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons, Nick Offerman, Karl Glusman, Sonoya Mizuno, and Jonica T. Gibbs.
“Within the close to future, a staff of journalists journey throughout the USA throughout a quickly escalating civil conflict that has engulfed your complete nation, struggling to outlive throughout a near-future the place the federal government has turn into a dystopian dictatorship and partisan extremist militias repeatedly commit political violence,” the synopsis reads.
