US actress Hailee Steinfeld, who voices Gwen Stacy in the acclaimed Spider-Verse movies, will star opposite Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller at Warner Bros. Pictures.
The buzzy project, the object of a high-profile bidding war in January, begins filming later this month in New Orleans and has been furiously casting up.
Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo, and Jack O’Connell will also star in the pic.
Little is known about the project but insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions. Jordan may even be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.
Coogler wrote the script and is also producing via his production company Proximity Media. Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian are also producing.
The project, first revealed in January, is slated to be released on March 7, 2025. It was the subject of a heated bidding war in the winter, with Warners coming out on top, thanks to a unique deal that will see some of the movie’s rights reverting to the filmmaker over several decades.
Steinfeld was last seen reprising her fan-favorite Hawkeye role of archer Kate Bishop in last year’s The Marvels.
She also recently starred in and executive produced Dickinson, Apple TV+’s period comedy-drama centered on author Emily Dickinson that ran for three seasons.
Steinfeld is expected to reprise her role of Gwen Stacy for the final of Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Verse installments, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, currently in production.
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