In what would mark is acting debut in a feature film, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is teaming with Trey Edward Shults on a new untitled film as he is set to star along with Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Shults will direct from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.

Plot details are being kept under wraps with the film currently in production.

Shults and Tesfaye have been secretly working on the film for months with Ortega and Keoghan signing on after being blown away by the script. Ortega and Keoghan have been two of the more sought-after talents in town with the each of them sorting through several offers but the opportunity to work with Shultz and The Weeknd was too good to pass up.

Besides landing Ortega and Keoghan, Shults and Tesfaye have also assembled a top notch below the line team that includes acclaimed Director of Photography Chayse Irvin. Acclaimed composer and producer OPN (real name Daniel Lopatin) will be scoring the film alongside The Weeknd. OPN has previously done the scores for Good Time and Uncut Gems.

First page hop on the wave quote this post if you love The Weeknd

1st.

Never been more IN

First page wave

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in

WOAH WHAT

in on cast alone. not familiar with director.

OPN & ABEL SCORING

oh my GOD

good time and uncut gems all time scores

Out

He did “it comes at night”

The Joka

waves was cool, cautiously in

Into my veins

Makes more sense now

Holy s***

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