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Ari Aster’s ‘Disappointment Blvd’ Now Titled ‘Beau is Afraid’ with Poster Reveal

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A24 debuted a first look today at the next project by Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar), Beau is Afraid.

Formerly titled Disappointment Blvd., the film is described as “an intimate, decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time.”

A24 revealed a poster, below, of what appears to be star Joaquin Phoenix‘s character from a young age, in pajamas.

No plot details at this time, but A24 shared in a tweet that we can expect Beau is Afraid to arrive next year.

Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune), Denis Ménochet (The French Dispatch), Hayley Squires (In the Earth), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark) and Zoe Lister-Jones (the director of The Craft: Legacy) have joined a cast that also includes Nathan Lane (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”), Patti LuPone (“Hollywood”), Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), and Kylie Rogers (“Yellowstone”).

It’s also worth noting that Aster previously helmed a horror-comedy short titled “Beau” in 2011. The short’s plot sees a man undergoing a sinister, haunting chain of events when he loses his keys while on his way to visit his mother. There’s no confirmed connection between his short and Beau is Afraid at this time, however.

This is Aster’s third feature behind Midsommar and Hereditary, all three collaborations with A24.

A24 will produce and finance the film, penned by Aster. Aster and Lars Knudsen are producing for Square Peg.

Aster had teased last year that his next movie would be a “nightmare comedy.”

Look for Beau is Afraid sometime next year. Stay tuned for details on Aster’s latest production as they come.

Horror journalist, RT Top Critic, and Critics Choice Association member. Co-Host of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast. Has appeared on PBS series' Monstrum, served on the SXSW Midnighter shorts jury, and moderated horror panels for WonderCon and SeriesFest.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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