Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Green Knight), Elizabeth Olsen (Wandavision) and Himesh Patel (Station Eleven) are set to star in The Assessment, an upcoming sci-fi thriller for which Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights for a March 21 release, Deadline reports today.
The feature directorial debut of veteran music video director Fleur Fortuné, The Assessment also stars Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting), Indira Varma (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Nicholas Pinnock (Captain America: The First Avenger), Charlotte Ritchie (Wonka), and Leah Harvey (Foundation).
Written by Thomas and John Donnelly, the film follows:
…Mia (Olsen) and Aaryan (Patel), a successful couple who hope to become parents in a near future where resources are extremely limited and the government keeps firm control over reproduction. In looking to do so, the pair are assigned an assessor named Virginia (Vikander), who moves into their home for seven days to evaluate whether they deserve to move forward in their parenting journey. What Mia and Aaryan are hoping is a routine test quickly unravels into a psychological nightmare, forcing them to question the very foundations of their society and what it truly means to be human.
The Assessment had its premier at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of last year.
In a statement, Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley had this to say of their new acquisition:
“Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel are all beyond fantastic in this scary, twisted, mind-blower of a movie. Fleur has fashioned an incredibly imaginative world that feels terrifyingly believable.”
Per Deadline, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen, Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, augenschein Filmproduktion, Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, and Grant S. Johnson produced, with Allen Gilmer, Riki Rushing, William Shockley, Tom Brady, Connor Flanagan, Madeleine K. Rudin, William Bruce Johnson, Thomas K. Richards, Carlotta Lӧffelholz, Jonathan Saubach and Rusta Mizani executive producing.
Look out for more on The Assessment as we get it.
