It didn’t take long for one of Craig Gillespie’s teased mystery projects to surface. Earlier this month, while speaking with The Playlist about “Supergirl,” the filmmaker said he had a project in the works with Glen Powell, though he declined to name it at the time. Now, Deadline reports that Gillespie is circling “Homewreckers,” the sci-fi erotic thriller set up at Legendary with Powell attached to star and produce.
The project has been kicking around since late last year, when Legendary won a bidding war for the package. “Homewreckers” is based on an unpublished novella by Neil M. Paik, who is attached to adapt the screenplay and produce. Plot details are still being kept under wraps, but the film has previously been described as an erotic thriller with a sci-fi twist, with tonal comparisons to the steamy, dangerous territory of Adrian Lyne thrillers and the unsettling genre ideas of Alex Garland.
Gillespie’s potential involvement would make plenty of sense, given his recent run of star-driven, tonally elastic studio films. He directed “I, Tonya,” “Cruella,” and “Dumb Money,” and he’s next up with DC Studios’ “Supergirl,” starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El. That film opens this week, but Gillespie has already been lining up possible next moves.
In The Playlist’s recent exclusive interview, Gillespie said his immediate future likely included television, including a not-yet-officially-announced Apple project with Julia Garner and another TV project with Tony McNamara, the Oscar-nominated writer behind “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” who also co-wrote “Cruella.” But the filmmaker also teased something with Powell, whose post-“Top Gun: Maverick” run has included “Anyone But You,” “Hit Man,” and “Twisters.” At the time, Gillespie did not identify the Powell project, but “Homewreckers” now appears to be the likely candidate.
Powell, meanwhile, has become one of Hollywood’s busiest leading men. In addition to “Homewreckers,” he has Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man,” the Hulu comedy series “Chad Powers,” the revenge thriller “Huntington,” and other projects in various stages of development. “Homewreckers” also continues his push into slightly stranger, genre-adjacent territory following “Hit Man,” which gave him one of his strongest showcases to date.
Gillespie joining “Homewreckers” would give Legendary’s Powell vehicle a director who knows how to balance sharp comedy, messy characters, and heightened genre trappings. For Gillespie, it would also mark another big studio swing after “Supergirl,” though one far removed from capes and Kryptonians.
No release date has been announced for “Homewreckers.”
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