Ari Aster has put together a veritable all-star cast for his next A24 film, Eddington, featuring Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal.

Ari is the director behind horror movies like Hereditary and Midsommar, as well as the dark comedy Beau Is Afraid.

Not much is known about the upcoming movie yet, except that it has been described as a "western".

The official logline says only that "Eddington" follows a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations. There have been rumors that the film is a Western set during the pandemic in which a couple runs out of gas in the small town of Eddington and are greeted warmly, only for the town to turn nightmarish by nightfall.

Eddington will mark the second time Aster is going to be working with Joaquin Phoenix. The Joker actor starred in Beau is Afraid, earning a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. The film was a dark comedy horror revolving around Phoenix’s character Beau, a troubled man who goes back home to see his mother.

In addition to Phoenix, Stone has also just won her second Academy Award for her lead performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, and her production endeavor with the Showtime series The Curse. Butler is currently riding the box-office high with Dune: Part Two alongside Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet

Source: Press Release