Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio‘s been on quite the tear in the last few years. Between 2017 and 2019, the filmmaker released three films, “A Fantastic Woman” (2017)— which would go on to win the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards—“Disobedience” (2018) and “Gloria Bell” (2019). Perhaps the filmmaker was making up for lost time given that his 2013 film “Gloria” won major acclaim in Berlin that year, and it took a little bit to manifest all the offers that came pouring in from American companies and interest from A-list talent who wanted to work with him. The director already has his next project set up, an adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s “The Wonder” that will star “Midsommar” actress Florence Pugh.
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“The Wonder” is a tale of two strangers who transform each other’s lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Set in Irish Midlands, 1859, and follows an English nurse, Lib Wright (Pugh), who is summoned to a tiny village to observe what some claim as a medical anomaly or a miracle—a girl said to have survived without food for months. Tourists have flocked to the cabin of an eleven-year-old, and a journalist has come down to cover the sensation, according to Deadline.
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Production is set to start this August in Ireland. Lelio also has another A24 film in the works following their collaboration on “Gloria Bell,” a sci-fi drama called “Bride” with Scarlett Johansson attached to star. However, that one will clearly have to wait as “The Wonder” is obviously lined up and ready to go. British playwright and screenwriter Alice Birch (who wrote “Lady Macbeth,” Pugh’s breakthrough role in 2016) co-penned the script with Lelio and Donoghue. File under most anticipated 2022.