Wagner Moura Joins ‘Flesh Of The Gods’ Thriller; A24 Acquires US Rights
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his first Academy Award nomination for The Secret Agent, Wagner Moura has inked a deal to star reverse Kristen Stewart in Flesh of the Godsa vampire thriller from Mandy helmer Panos Cosmatos that A24 you have got newly boarded as US distributor.
Moura takes over a lead position from Oscar Isaac, who we’re instructed exited on account of a scheduling battle.
First introduced in the course of the summer time of 2024, as a part of the Cannes Market, Flesh of the Gods follows Raoul (Moura) and Alex (Stewart), a married couple in glittering ’80s Los Angeles who descend every night from their luxurious skyscraper apartment and head into an electrical nighttime realm. When they cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, Raoul and Alex are seduced right into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.
Pic is written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en) from a narrative by Cosmatos and Walker. Adam McKay and Betsy Koch are producing for HyperObject Industries, alongside Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo for Germany’s augenschein Filmproduktion, and Stewart and Maggie McLean for Nevermind Pictures. XYZ Films is dealing with worldwide gross sales and financing the mission in affiliation with IPR.VC.
Moura made historical past with The Secret Agent by turning into the primary Brazilian nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, in addition to the primary Brazilian to win a Golden Globe for performing and Cannes’ prize for Best Actor. Released within the US by Neon, the movie from Kleber Mendonça Filho had him taking part in Marcelo, a expertise skilled who turns into entangled in a high-stakes political conspiracy amid the ultimate years of Brazil’s army dictatorship.
Breaking out a bit over a decade in the past along with his flip as Pablo Escobar on Netflix’s Narcoswhich introduced him his first Golden Globe nomination, Moura has additionally lately been seen in Alex Garland’s A24 movie Civil Warin addition to Apple’s crime drama Dope Thief reverse Brian Tyree Henry. Next up, he’ll be seen starring in Louis Leterrier’s Netflix sci-fi horror flick 11817reverse Greta Lee, in addition to within the drama The Last dayreverse Alicia Vikander. He is repped by WME and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole.
