- LOS ANGELES — Hollywood
actress Mikey Madison has signed her first movie after winning an Oscar for
‘Anora’. The 26-year-old actress will co-star with Kirsten Dunst in upcoming
thriller ‘Reptilia’.
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- The film will be directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarria,
reports ‘Female First UK’.
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- As per, ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, the movie tells the story
of a dental hygienist seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet
underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade.
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- Pastel, Imperative Entertainment and AF Films will produce,
alongside Landes Echavarrea’s via his A STELA CINE banner.
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- As per ‘Female First UK’, principal photography will
commence later this year. In addition to her Best Actress Oscar for ‘Anora’,
Madison also won a BAFTA for best leading actress and the Independent Spirit
Award for best lead performance.
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- She also earned nominations for a Golden Globe, SAG Award
and Critics Choice Award. Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Mikey was
offered a role in the new and untitled ‘Star Wars’ movie directed by ‘Deadpool
Wolverine’ filmmaker Shawn Levy, but she declined.
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- The movie is said to be a standalone project that isn’t
connected with the Skywalker Saga, which concluded with 2019’s ‘Star Wars: The
Rise of Skywalker’. It will star Ryan Gosling and Levy has reportedly been
developing the project since late 2022.
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- The actress has exited her first project after picking up
the best actress Oscar. She was offered a role in the new and untitled ‘Star
Wars’ movie directed by ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ director Shawn Levy, but
conversations have since ended with the ‘Anora’ star passing on the part,
reports ‘Variety’.
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- The movie is said to be a standalone project that isn’t
connected with the Skywalker Saga, which concluded with 2019’s ‘Star Wars: The
Rise of Skywalker’.
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- All other plot details are encased in carbonite for the
foreseeable future. The untitled film would follow ‘The Mandalorian &
Grogu’, the only ‘Star Wars’ film to date to get a greenlight in more than five
years; that film, which recently completed principal photography, is slated to
debut on May 22, 2026. As for Madison, the 26-year-old actress is known for her
roles in the FX series ‘Better Things’, as well as the films ‘Once Upon a Time
in… Hollywood’ and ‘Scream 5’.
