Exclusive:Elizabeth Olsen (His three daughters) has struck a deal to join Julia Roberts Panic carefullyIt is a new film from Warner Bros. It will be directed by Sam Ismail from his own script.
It is described as a paranoid thriller in the style of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning film Esmail Mr. Robotbesides Silence of the Lambsthe film history is kept secret.
The project was pitched to various studios and streamers near the end of this year, with Warner Bros. winning a heated bidding war, in part due to its commitment to a theatrical release. The pic reunites Ishmael with Roberts next Leave the world behindtheir hugely popular apocalyptic thriller, based on the 2020 novel by Rumman Alam, premiered on Netflix in November 2023 and is the fifth most popular English-language film of all time, with 143.4 million views.
Producers are on Panic carefully They include Ishmael and Chad Hamilton of Email Corp, along with Scott Stuber, Roberts, Marissa Yris Gill and Lisa Gillan. Kevin McCormick and Crystal Lee are overseeing the project for Warner Bros., and production is scheduled to begin in England in January.
Olsen is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee and is coming off a starring role opposite Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne in the film His three daughtersa Netflix family drama produced by Azazel Jacobs, who also executive produces. Before that, she was the lead in the Max series Love and deathsuch as ax murderer Candy Montgomery, as well as Disney+ WandaVisionwhere she reprized her MCU role of Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch.
In September, Olsen premiered Evaluation — a sci-fi drama produced by Fleur Fortune, in which she stars opposite Alicia Vikander — at the Toronto Film Festival. A24 will also come to it Eternityan executive produced romantic comedy, in which she stars opposite Miles Teller and Callum Turner.
Olsen is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.
