EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Academy Award-nominated Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook) is about to star alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, and Norman Reedus within the Darren Aronofsky-produced characteristic Pendulum. The horror title is at present capturing in New Mexico.
From screenwriter and director Mark Heyman (Black Swan), Pendulum follows younger couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail (Dynevor) on a journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the opportunity of recovering with the much-revered mystical healer Ella-Rose (Weaver) after going via a traumatic occasion.
Patrick is prepared to do something to assist his spouse, however turns into distrustful of Ella-Rose whilst Abigail falls beneath her spell. As paranoia builds, the couple should decide if Ella-Rose’s intense non secular practices provide real therapeutic or masks a terrifying reality that threatens to eat them each.
Darren Aronofsky is producing for Protozoa, Jacob Jaffke (MaXXXine), and Élan Klein Jaffke for Motel Mojave and Dave Caplan (Longlegs) for C2, which can even totally finance. Black Bear is dealing with worldwide gross sales and can proceed buying the mission on the Cannes market. UTA Unbiased Movie Group, CAA Media Finance, and WME Unbiased maintain home rights.
Weaver is greatest recognized outdoors of her native Australia for her efficiency within the David Michôd characteristic Animal Kingdom (2010), for which she was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Greatest Supporting Actress. She additionally acquired a Nationwide Board of Evaluate Award, her third Australian Movie Institute Award, and a Golden Globe nomination for Greatest Supporting Actress in a Drama. Subsequently, Weaver acquired an Oscar nomination for Greatest Supporting Actress in David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook.
On the TV entrance, Weaver was a lead in FX’s restricted collection Clipped, the place she stars as Shelly Sterling, the co-owner of the LA Clippers and spouse of Donald Sterling. She may also be seen in a starring function on the Apple TV collection, Howdy Tomorrow!, in a big recurring arc in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone, and the lead within the Australian collection Bloom. For greater than 50 years, Weaver has amassed credit in fim, TV and theater in addition to awards and different accolades.
She is repped by Elevate Leisure and CAA.
