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Michaela Coel and Anne Hathaway are uniting for a brand new epic movie that marries collectively the worlds of pop music, celeb, and trend. “Mother Mary,” written and directed by David Lowery, is a couple of fictional pop star (Hathaway) and her relationship with an iconic dressmaker (Coel). The A24 film can even have unique songs written and produced by pop royalty Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX, the latter of whom additionally recorded a music for 2022’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” one other A24 movie. Deadline broke the information of the undertaking on March 21, with A24 confirming it on Twitter shortly after.
Both Hathaway and Coel have been very busy currently. Hathaway stars in “Eileen,” which debuted on the Sundance Film Festival in January and might be launched later this yr. She additionally premiered “She Came to Me” on the Berlin International Film Festival in February. In addition to “Mother Mary,” Hathaway stars within the upcoming thriller “Mother’s Instinct” with Jessica Chastain and the Amazon Studios romantic comedy “The Idea of You.” As for her function in “Mother Mary,” everybody is aware of Hathaway has singing chops; she received her Oscar for her function within the “Les Misérables” movie again in 2013.
Meanwhile, Coel appeared in 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and her character — certainly one of Wakanda’s Midnight Angels — appears primed for a Disney+ spinoff. She additionally joined the upcoming “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” Amazon sequence, which stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. Coel received an Emmy in 2021 for her sequence “I May Destroy You,” which she starred in and wrote, in addition to codirected some episodes for.
Lowery’s earlier motion pictures embrace 2021’s “The Green Knight,” starring Dev Patel; 2017’s “A Ghost Story,” starring Rooney Mara — which have been each A24 movies; and 2016’s “Pete’s Dragon” for Disney.
“Mother Mary” does not have a launch date but, however filming it set to happen in Germany, per Deadline.