Léa Seydoux Joins Mikey Madison in The Masque of the Red Death
The Hollywood Reporter • • general
Key Points:
- French actress Léa Seydoux has joined Mikey Madison in A24’s re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, directed by Charlie Polinger.
- The film, described as wildly revisionist and darkly comedic, follows twin sisters amid a plague that devastates the peasantry while a mad prince hosts the noble class in his castle.
- Seydoux will portray a scheming lady-in-waiting aiming to rise to power, while Madison plays the twin sisters navigating a decadent world of orgies, opium, and revenge.
- Production is set to begin in Hungary in February, with A24 distributing worldwide and Picturestart producing.
- Seydoux, a Cannes Palme d’Or
