Adam Wingard’s assembling quite the cast for his next film. Deadline reports that Queer breakout star Drew Starkey has joined the cast of Onslaught, the new film that reunites Wingard with his The Guest and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire star Dan Stevens. Written by The Guest penner Simon Barrett, the film also stars Adria Arjona and UFC fighter Alex Pereira.
Little is known about the plot of Onslaught yet, only that it will be a “gonzo action horror thriller.” If it’s anything like Wingard’s past forays into the genre, we’ve got plenty to look forward to, especially now that he’s reuniting with Stevens, who made his post-Downton Abbey break in The Guest.
No details about Starkey’s role have been released, but we do know that Arjona plays a mother who “falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base,” and that Pereira will play a character called The Butcher. Similar to his character in this year’s horror hit Cuckoo, Stevens will once again be playing a German scientist in charge of dangerous experiments. Does that mean we’ll get to hear that insane accent again?
The film is one of many lined up for Stevens, who’s also set to co-star in the exorcism film The Ritual alongside Al Pacino, which will hit theaters next year. Starkey joins the cast after a breakout performance in Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s film based on the novel by WIlliam S. Burroughs, also starring Daniel Craig. Arjona joins after her stint in the mid-tier thriller Blink Twice this year.
The A24 film will be produced by Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett for Ryder Picture Company, as well as Wingard and Jeremy Platt under their new banner Breakaway Civilization, Barrett, Alexander Black for Lyrical Media, and Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers as executive producers.
No release date for Onslaught has been announced.
