Kristen Stewart, Riley Keough and Wagner Moura to Star in Olivier Assayas’ Next Film ‘Spiritual World’ — SkimNews
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- Olivier Assayas has set his next film 'Spiritual World' with a cast including Kristen Stewart, Vicky Krieps, Riley Keough, and Wagner Moura, with production beginning in February in France and Germany.
- Kristen Stewart will lead the film as a haunted, clairvoyant young woman plagued by mysterious premonitions, in a role described as similar in vein to Assayas's 'Personal Shopper' but steamier.
- "Spiritual World" also features Barbara Sukowa and Niels Schneider, and is being co-financed by Franco-German network Arte France while developed by Paris-based producer Olivier Delbosc without a French studio attached.
- Stewart won a Cesar for best supporting actress for Assayas's 2015 film 'Clouds of Sils Maria,' and Assayas won best director at Cannes for their follow-up 'Personal Shopper' — a two-film awards track record.
- Wagner Moura, who recently won an Oscar for 'The Secret Agent,' is currently shooting a Bradley Cooper Ocean prequel alongside Vicky Krieps, while Riley Keough recently filmed Albert Serra's 'Out of This World.'
- Assayas most recently directed 'The Wizard of the Kremlin,' a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as Vadim Baranov, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Why it matters: Stewart won a Cesar and Assayas took Cannes best director for their two previous pairings, setting a benchmark 'Spiritual World' will be measured against. The project advancing with Arte France as co-financier but no French studio attached is an unusual structure for a European auteur film of this scale and star wattage.
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