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A24 is keeping official plot details under wraps, but the studio has described the project as “wildly revisionist” and “darkly comedic.” According to sources, Madison will play twin sisters in a story centered on a mad prince who shelters the nobility inside his castle while a deadly plague ravages the poor outside its walls.
One of the twins has been hidden among the lower class. She eventually enters the castle, where she is pulled into an extreme and decadent world filled with excess, power struggles, revenge, and brutal violence.
Seydoux will play a scheming lady-in-waiting, a character determined to manipulate her way to the top of the castle’s twisted social order.
The film is being produced by Julia Hammer and Erik Feig through Picturestart, alongside James Presson and Lucy McKendrick. A24 will distribute the film worldwide, with Polinger also serving as an executive producer. Production is set to begin in Hungary in February.
Seydoux is one of France’s most acclaimed actresses, having won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and earning five César Award nominations. She is known for moving easily between French cinema and Hollywood. Her past roles include Inglourious Basterds, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and the James Bond film Spectre. Most recently, she appeared in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two as Lady Margot Fenring.
Later this year, Seydoux will be seen in several high-profile projects, including The Unknown by Oscar-winning screenwriter Arthur Harari, Gentle Monster directed by Marie Kreutzer alongside Catherine Deneuve, and the Zellner Brothers’ Alpha Gang, co-starring Cate Blanchett and Dave Bautista.
With its mix of horror, satire, and excess, The Masque of the Red Death is shaping up to be one of A24’s most provocative projects yet.
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