Melissa Barrera, Nicholas Hoult, Lana Condor to Star in Movie "The One"

Nicholas Hoult will star alongside Melissa Barrera and Lana Condor in the erotic thriller movie "The One".

HanWay Films has boarded the project and will launch sales at the Cannes Film Festival. The project comes from the writer-director team, Kevin Armento and Jaki Bradley.

"The One" is billed as “a nightmarish horror about the romantic and psychological warfare waged by our beloved popular entertainment — and also begs the question… are we, the viewers, complicit?”.

Barrera leads the cast opposite the Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Hoult. 

She plays Taylor, whose last-ditch effort to find love by becoming a contestant on a reality dating show begins to feel terrifyingly real as she becomes a finalist. Amidst an opulent beachfront setting, fairy-tale dates, and champagne, “pursuit turns into obsession and rivalry turns into treachery as reality itself blurs”.

HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales, with WME Independent and UTA co-repping the film for North America. 

Hoult also produces alongside Whitaker Lader via their production company Dead Duck Films. Riley Keough will also produce with Gina Gammell via their production company Felix Culpa. 

They made their directorial debut last year with "War Pony", which won the Camera D’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, and "Manodrome", which premiered at Berlin International Film Festival.

Barrera can be seen next in "Your Monster" and Anthony McCarten’s "The Collaboration" based on the play of the same name.

Her other credits include appearing in "Carmen" opposite Paul Mescal, Netflix’s "Keep Breathing", "All the World is Sleeping", "Vida", and Warner Bros' "In the Heights".

Hoult will be next appearing in Season 3 of the Hulu series "The Great". He recently wrapped production on Robert Eggers’ "Nosferatu" for Focus Features.

He is currently filming Justin Kurzel’s "The Order for Amazon". Later this year, he will begin shooting in Clint Eastwood’s "Juror #2" for Warner Bros. His credits include "Renfield", "The Menu", "Mad Max: Fury Road", "Skins", "About a Boy", and the X-Men franchise.

Condor will next be seen in the title role of DreamWorks and Universal Pictures animated film "Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken" and Warner Bros’ live-action/animated feature film "Coyote Vs. Acme".

She has appeared in "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before", "Moonshot", and "X-Men: Apocalypse" among other titles.