Lea Seydoux Joins Mikey Madison in The Masque of the Red Death
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IAG Appoints Nir Caspi as Head of Non-Scripted & New Media and Chief Growth Officer Sci-fi Comedy ‘Operation Taco Gary’s’ Picked Up by Up-and-Coming Genre Distributor Chroma (Exclusive) French actress Léa Seydoux has joined Mikey Madison in The Masque of the Red Death, A24’s reimagining of the creepy Edgar Allan Poe story from filmmaker Charlie Polinger. Julia Hammer and Erik Feig are producing for Picturestart with James Presson and Lucy McKendrick. A24 is mum on the official plot but does describe the project as wildly revisionist and darkly comedic. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Madison is playing twin sisters in a story that sees a mad prince take in the noble class to his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry. The story sees a long-lost twin, hidden among the lower class, enter the castle and into a decadent world of orgies, opium, power schemes, revenge and decapitations.
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