Benedict Wong (Weapons) and Franz Rogowski (Passages) have been cast in The Masque of the Red Death, Deadline reports.
They join the previously announced Mikey Madison (Scream 2022) and Léa Seydoux (No Time to Die) in the A24 production.
The “wildly revisionist and darkly comedic” take on Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1842 on gothic horror story is written and directed by Charlie Polinger (The Plague).
Madison is said to star as twin sisters in a story that sees a mad prince take in the noble class into his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry. The long-lost twin, hidden among the lower class, enter the castle and into a decadent world of orgies, opium, power schemes, revenge, and decapitations.
“It’s definitely more in a dark comedy world,” Polinger told Bloody Disgusting. “It has a much more maximalist tone but explores some similar things [as The Plague] on a very basic level, like group dynamics within a claustrophobic space.”
Julia Hammer and Erik Feig are producing for Picturestart with James Presson and Lucy McKendrick. Polinger executive produces.
The Masque of the Red Death is set to enter production this month in Hungary.
