Canadian singer Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is set to make his feature acting debut, teaming with "Waves" director Trey Edward Shults on an untitled movie that also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
Plot details are being kept under wraps with the project currently in production.
Shults directs from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen, and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.
Tesfaye has been developing the project for some time and in recent months came to Shults about helming it. Once he was on board, the two along with Fahim began penning the script.
They handed the screenplay to Ortega and Keoghan, and though they have been weighing several offers following their big years, both made it clear they wanted to be a part of the project, and following their commitments, the movie was a go.
Ortega has been on a roll as of late, led by her record-breaking Addams Family series, "Wednesday". The series has smashed Netflix viewing records and has been renewed for a second season. She next will be seen in "Scream VI".
Keoghan is coming off his Oscar-nominated supporting role in Searchlight’s "The Banshees of Inisherin", which earned him a BAFTA win last week. He stars next in "Saltburn", Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to her Oscar-winning "Promising Young Woman".
Shults is best known for his acclaimed work on "Waves" and "It Comes at Night".
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