Olivia Wilde lands first movie since Don't Worry Darling
Olivia Wilde is set to direct her first film since psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling, a Christmas comedy called Naughty.
According to the synopsis (via The Hollywood Reporter), the movie follows "a mother, Mallory, whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing".
The film will be produced by Barbie star Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap, and is based on a script by Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden.
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No casting for Naughty has yet been announced, which will be distributed by Universal Pictures.
Wilde will also co-produce the film alongside Robbie, Tom Ackerley (Saltburn) and Josey McNamara (Promising Young Woman).
Wilde's debut feature was the critically acclaimed coming-of-age comedy Booksmart. She is also reportedly set to direct and executive produce an adaptation of Jennifer Egan's novels A Visit from the Goon Squad for A24.
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Wilde directed the 2022 psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling, which featured Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine and was set in the seemingly idyllic town of Victory, California, where all is not what it seems.
The film grossed nearly $90 million worldwide, but was subject to various controversies surrounding production, including a rumoured but denied pay gap between Styles and Pugh as well as a similarly denied feud between Pugh and Wilde.
Pine also denied that Styles had spat on him at the film's premiere, after a clip of an interaction between the pair went viral.
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