A Don't Worry Darling image shows stars Florence Pugh and Harry Styles cuddling. The upcoming film is the second by actor-turned-director Olivia Wilde, following her successful 2019 debut Booksmart. Don't Worry Darling is set to hit theaters on September 23 of this year, and become available to stream on HBO Max 45 days later.
Outside of the exciting young leads in Pugh and Styles, who play a married couple in the 1950s, Wilde's new movie sports an impressive cast. The director herself is listed in a supporting role, alongside Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, and KiKi Layne, who viewers will recognize from If Beale Street Could Talk and The Old Guard. The film once was set to feature both Dakota Johnson and Shia LeBeouf, but while the former was replaced by Layne after a scheduling conflict with last year's The Lost Daughter, Wilde reportedly fired LaBeouf for his on-set behavior.
Little has been revealed about Wilde's movie so far, but with this Don't Worry Darling image shared by Warner Bros. Pictures, the marketing campaign seemingly begins in earnest. The shot frames the faces of Pugh and Styles as they share a loving embrace in bed, teasing what will be a close, passionate relationship between their two characters, Alice and Jack. However, Jack's inscrutable expression could be an early hint at the dark secret the film's synopsis says he is hiding from his wife. Check out the image below:
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The studio shares this Don't Worry Darling image as the movie had its first real tease for attendees of CinemaCon, a major event for movie theater owners currently underway in Las Vegas. The film will explore how Pugh's character's idyllic life threatens to unravel when she begins asking questions about the Victory Project, the secretive and reportedly world-altering endeavor that Styles is working to complete. Speaking on stage, Wilde cites Inception, The Matrix, and The Truman Show as key points of inspiration, suggesting that Don't Worry Darling will prove a truly reality-bending experience.
Prospective viewers have many reasons to be excited about Wilde's latest, and not only because it has two of the industry's hottest young talents at the center. The critical response to Booksmart was very positive, strikingly so for a directorial debut, and even though Don't Worry Darling sees her reteam with screenwriter Katie Silberman, it sounds like Wilde is going in a very different direction with her sophomore project. Given its release date, it probably won't be long before a full trailer finally becomes available for public viewing.
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures