Barry Jenkins will observe up Mufasa: The Lion King with The Pure Order, a sci-fi thriller which can star Glen Powell.
Deadline experiences that Barry Jenkins, director of Mufasa: The Lion King, is establishing his subsequent challenge and has tapped Glen Powell to star. The challenge is predicated on an upcoming novel by Matt Aldrich titled The Pure Order. Plot particulars have largely been saved underneath wraps, but it surely’s been described as an “elevated sci-fi thriller revolving across the pursuit of everlasting life.“
Along with directing The Pure Order, Jenkins will co-write the script with Aldrich. Jenkins will produce alongside Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak for Pastel. Powell may even produce with Dan Cohen underneath their new Barnstorm manufacturing firm.
Though Mufasa: The Lion King was a giant success (grossing $712 million worldwide), Jenkins wasn’t enamoured with the expertise of all-digital filmmaking. “It is not my thing,” Jenkins informed Vulture. “I want to work the other way again, where I want to physically get everything there. I always believe that what is here is enough, and let me just figure out what is the chemistry to make alchemy? How can these people, this light, this environment, come together to create an image that is moving, that is beautiful, that creates a text that is deep enough, dense enough, rich enough to speak to someone?” Hopefully, he’ll get that likelihood with The Pure Order.
As for Powell, he’s shortly turning into certainly one of Hollywood’s greatest actors. After main roles in High Gun: Maverick, Hit Man, Anybody However You, and Twisters, Powell is larger than ever. He’s presently capturing Edgar Wright’s The Operating Man, which is predicated on the novel by Stephen King.
Powell stars as Ben Richards, a “desperate man, needing money for his sick daughter, who joins the most popular show, The Running Man, in which teams of killers hunt down contestants. The longer that a contestant survives, the more money that person makes. But as the game show’s producers and killers will find out, this desperate man will break all the rules and expose the show’s dark secrets.” Along with Powell, the forged contains Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame), Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), Lee Tempo (Basis), Daniel Ezra (All American), William H. Macy (Shameless), Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim), Emilia Jones (CODA), Jayme Lawson (The Batman), David Zayas (Dexter), and Colman Domingo (Sing Sing). The movie will hit theaters on November 7, 2025.
Powell can be set to star within the newest thriller field film from J.J. Abrams.
