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Sydney Sweeney’s profession has by no means been hotter, between her viral flip as a Nietzsche-reading imply lady in final yr’s White Lotus toher buzzed-about efficiency as Cassie on the presently airing season of Euphoria.
Her subsequent transfer, naturally, is to the large display screen, as she’s simply been forged in Bron Studios’ upcoming movie Nationwide Anthem alongside pop star Halsey. The forged additionally contains Simon Rex, recent off his critically acclaimed position in Crimson Rocket, and Paul Walter Hauser, recognized for Cobra Kai and a current Twitter meltdown over range in a critic’s Academy Awards predictions.
That is truly set to be the second on-screen challenge for Sweeney and Halsey, who had been introduced as forged members for the upcoming HBO Max sequence The Gamers Desk final yr.
In response to Deadline, Nationwide Anthem “revolves round a gritty hunt for a useful uncommon Lakota Native American Ghost shirt.” The extreme-sounding search turns into a battle for survival, with every character pushed by completely different motivations, from cash to the will to return the sacred merchandise to its rightful proprietor.
The movie shall be helmed by Tony Tost in his directorial debut; he’s beforehand written and produced for tv, serving because the showrunner on USA Community’s Damnation.
Nationwide Anthem shall be Halsey’s first massive live-action movie position (A Star Is Born cameo however), although they did voice a musical wolf heiress within the animated film Sing 2 late final yr.