Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is teaming with Trey Edward Shults on a new untitled film as he is set to star along with Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Shults will direct 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.

Plot details are being kept under wraps with the film currently in production.

Shults and Tesfaye have been secretly working on the film for months with Ortega and Keoghan signing on after being blown away by the script. Ortega and Keoghan have been two of the more sought-after talents in town with the each of them sorting through several offers but the opportunity to work with Shultz and The Weeknd was too good to pass up.

Besides landing Ortega and Keoghan, Shults and Tesfaye have also assembled a top notch below the line team that includes acclaimed Director of Photography Chayse Irvin. Acclaimed composer and producer OPN (real name Daniel Lopatin) will be scoring the film alongside The Weeknd. OPN has previously done the scores for Good Time and Uncut Gems.

While this Tesfaye’s feature acting debut, the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated musician is currently set to star in HBO’s The Idol, which he also co-created with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. Fahim is also producing the series.

Ortega has been on a roll as of late which included her record breaking Addams Family TV series, Wednesday. The show has smashed viewing records for the streamer and has been renewed for a second season. She can be seen next in Scream VI.

Keoghan is coming off his critically acclaimed work in Searchlight’s The Banshees of Inisherin, which has earned him several accolades including a BAFTA win and an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Next up he is set to star in the highly anticipated Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to her Oscar-winning film Promising Young Woman.

Shults is best known for his critically acclaimed work on Waves and It Comes At Night.

Tesfaye is represented by CAA, Manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby & Amir “Cash” Esmailian and attorney Kenny Meiselas of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. Ortega is represented by CAA, Gilbertson Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Keoghan is represented by WME, Entertainment 360, B-Side Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Shults is represented by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

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