The Weeknd will star in a feature film “extension” of his upcoming album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, which will complete a trilogy already featuring the LPs After Hours and Dawn FM. The so-called “musically driven psychological thriller” was written and directed by Trey Edward Shults and also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Further plot details were not announced.
Lionsgate has secured worldwide theatrical distribution for the project which, like its album counterpart, has no release date. The Weeknd (real name: Abel Tesfaye) wrote the score in tandem with Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin.
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“Abel is a visionary whose art cannot be confined by any single medium,” enthuses Lionsgate chair Adam Fogelson. “With Hurry Up Tomorrow, in partnership with Trey, his musical universe expands onto the big screen with a psychological thriller that will usher in a new cinematic experience for fans. We are thrilled to be bringing it to audiences worldwide.”
The Weeknd previously starred in the maligned HBO series The Idol, which ran for a single season of five episodes in 2023.
The artist has released three singles from Hurry Up Tomorrow since September: “Dancing in the Flames,” “Timeless” featuring Playboi Carti and the new “Sao Paulo” featuring Anitta. The latter is accompanied by a horror-tinged video released earlier this week ahead of Halloween.
In October, the Weeknd joined Travis Scott for four songs during the rapper’s performance in Sydney while in the country to conclude his own After Hours Til Dawn world tour.
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