Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in Early Negotiations to Star in A24’s ‘The Drama’

By Katcy Stephan

According To The variety)  Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are in early talks to star in “The Drama,” helmed and written by “Dream Scenario” director Kristoffer Borgli.

Project details are still being kept under wraps, but rumors suggest it’s a romance that takes an unexpected turn before the couple’s big day.

This marks another film collaboration between A24 and Square Peg, with others including “Hereditary,” “Midsommar,” “Dream Scenario” and the upcoming films “Death of a Unicorn” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, and “Eddington” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.

It’s been a big year for Zendaya, who led this year’s hits “Dune: Part Two” and “Challengers.” She’s next set to reprise her Emmy and Golden Globe winning role as Rue Bennett in the third season of HBO’s “Euphoria.”

Pattinson will next be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s science fiction drama “Mickey 17,” due out in January. He was most recently seen on the big screen as Bruce Wayne in 2022’s “The Batman” and as the voice of the Grey Heron in the English language dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron.”

Variety’s chief film critic Peter Debruge praised Borgli’s direction in his review of “Dream Scenario,” writing, “A Norwegian helmer making his English-language debut for A24 (by way of Ari Aster’s production company), ‘Sick of Myself’ director Borgli takes this surrealist premise and approaches it in with a tone that’s a singular mix of comedic and sinister.”

Zendaya is represented by CAA and Monster Talent Management. Pattinson is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, WME, Curtis Brown, and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Borgli is represented by UTA and Square Peg is repped by WME.

Deadline was first to report the news.