A24 has landed a brand new erotic thriller after an intense bidding warfare. There are talks for A-listers to hitch the film, together with Nicole Kidman, among the many few being mentioned.
This would not be Kidman’s first collaboration with A24, as she has beforehand appeared within the 2024 erotic thriller Babygirl, which has a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The actress received the Volpi Cup for Finest Actress on the Venice Movie Pageant for her position, and the film grossed over $50 million on the field workplace.
As reported by Deadline, in an actual Hollywood “dream come true“, British actor Dylan Brady wrote a spec script, which was initially titled Discretion, however will endure a reputation change to keep away from confusion with the thriller drama collection starring Kidman and Elle Fanning. Brady’s script started a bidding warfare with 9 affords on the desk from Netflix, Amazon, Apple, FX, Peacock, and others. Brady beforehand spoke to Deadline just a few months prior about his spec and acknowledged:
“Discretion follows struggling actor Jacob, who is obtainable a nannying job by a high-flying producer and her film star husband. Jacob plots to seduce his employers and acquire a bonus from their trade connections, however unwittingly walks right into a entice.”
Brady mentioned that the inspiration got here from a good friend who took on a job as home-help to a robust couple and have become entwined of their lives, with references to Deadly Attraction and Eyes Broad Shut.
“Erotic thrillers have traditionally at all times been very heterosexual, and it’s the marital unit that’s the hero that needs to be preserved in any respect prices from an evil s***, who threatens that unity. I considered what this seems to be like in 2025. What if the s*** is the hero and there’s something rotten within the marriage? I needed to interrupt kind and put a queer lens on it.”
A24 efficiently acquired the rights and took the venture off the market with a considerable seven-figure provide and has already begun eyeing Kidman and different prime actors to steer the erotic thriller. In keeping with the report, whereas they are going to be altering the identify, the drama will even be present process inventive tweaks because it strikes via the pre-production course of.
It is unclear when extra details about A24‘s new erotic thriller will arrive, however Kidman has loads of expertise with the style now, and with the resurgence of erotic thrillers taking on, together with Netflix’s Hancock Park starring Bridgerton‘s Regé-Jean Web page.