The Anora Best Actress Oscar winner is in talks to replace Sydney Sweeney in A24’s feature take of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death. No deal is done.
The pic from Picturestart, which A24 will release around the globe, is billed as a “wildly revisionist” take on the short story from filmmaker Charlie Polinger. Polinger and Lucy McKendrick will executive produce.
Madison will reportedly portray twin sisters in a world where a mad prince welcomes the noble class into his castle as plague spreads across the land. The long-lost twin, who lives among the lower class, enters the castle in what is an atmosphere of drugs, sex, and game of thrones.
Sweeney, we hear, stepped back due to scheduling conflicts. On deck for her is production of season 3 of HBO’s Euphoria and Legendary’s feature take of Japanese IP Gundam this fall.
Playwright, director, and auteur Polinger is currently in post on his next film The Plague, which was made independently and stars Joel Edgerton.
Madison is also attached to Reptilia, the latest movie from filmmaker Alejandro Landes Echavarría. The film will co-star Kirsten Dunst and is based on a script by Landes Echavarría and Duke Merriman.
Masque of the Red Death will shoot in either Q4 of this year or Q1 2026.
