Actor-singer Selena Gomez is reportedly set to star in director Brady Corbet’s next X-rated film, adding another major project to her slate after Emilia Perez (2024). The untitled feature will also star Oscar-winning Cate Blanchett and Oscar-nominated Michael Fassbender. Blanchet said that she was “about to work with Corbet on a film” at the ongoing 79th Cannes Film Festival during a masterclass.
However, Gomez has not confirmed her participation in the project.
According to Variety, Blanchett and Gomez will join Fassbender in Corbet’s next film. Gomez’s name had also surfaced in a report by The InSneider a few weeks earlier. Only limited details about the project are out so far, but Corbet has previously described it as an X-rated film, which drew attention to the project.
Corbet had earlier said that he wanted to make an “X-rated movie set in the 1970s”. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said the “genre-defying film would take place from the 19th century to now”, although it would be more focused on the 1970s. The film remains under wraps, but these details have given a clearer sense of its scale and setting.
The film will be shot using rare eight-perf 65mm cameras. It is also expected to run longer than The Brutalist, Corbet’s earlier film, which had a running time of three and a half hours. The screenplay for the new project is 200 pages long. By comparison, the script for The Brutalist ran to 165 pages. Andrew Morrison is producing the drama.
Corbet comes into the project after the success of The Brutalist. The film received 10 nominations at the 97th Academy Awards in 2025. It went on to win three Oscars: Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Actor for Adrien Brody. That awards run has put added focus on what the director chooses to make next.
Gomez is set to begin filming the sixth season of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, which will move to London. Steve Martin and Martin Short co-star in the Emmy-nominated comedy.
Blanchett, meanwhile, will appear in the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon 2, reprising her voice role as Valka Haddock in the 2027 film. She is also attached to Alpha Gang and Sweetsick.
Fassbender, who recently starred with Blanchett in Black Bag, is premiering Hope at Cannes. He is also part of the action comedy Kung Fury 2.
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