Nicole Kidman is in talks to join Colin Farrell in the new psychological thriller from Yorgos Lanthimos.
The Greek filmmaker, who made his English language debut with dystopian dating satire The Lobster, has also co-written the project, titled The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Kidman is set to star as the wife of Farrell’s character, a surgeon who is compelled to make a sacrifice after a teenager he has brought into his family starts exhibiting sinister behaviour. The film is also reported to have a supernatural element.
The Lobster became an arthouse hit in the US last month and has already made over $5 million (Dh18.3 million) after receiving positive reviews at last year’s Cannes film festival. Lanthimos is also set to make The Favourite, a period drama starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, which will focus on Queen Anne during the end of the 17th century.
Kidman was recently seen opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Julia Roberts in thriller remake Secret in Their Eyes and with Colin Firth and Jude Law in literary biopic Genius. Later this year, she has roles with Dev Patel in Lion and Elle Fanning in How to Talk to Girls at Parties as well as dark HBO comedy Big Little Lies with Reese Witherspoon and the second season of Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake.
This week has also seen news that she is set to reprise her role of scientist Rosalind Franklin in the big-screen adaptation of the acclaimed play Photograph 51.
