Charli XCX: Photography Gwen Trannoy, Styling Rebecca PerlmutarFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsCharli XCX and Michaela Coel team up for A24 ‘pop melodrama’ Mother MaryDirected by David Lowery, the ‘epic’ stars Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel as a famed musician and iconic fashion designerShareLink copied ✔️March 22, 2023March 22, 2023TextSofia Mahirova David Lowery’s A Ghost Story was a slow, supernatural meditation on love and loss, and his 2021 follow-up The Green Knight was a hallucinatory take on Arthurian legend. So what’s next? Well, an “epic pop melodrama” of course, which will see the director team up with acclaimed production company A24 once again. Titled Mother Mary, the upcoming film will star Anne Hathaway as a fictional musician and I May Destroy You’s Michaela Coel as an “iconic fashion designer”. The plot is said to follow their relationship with each other (though it’s unclear, at the moment, whether this is romantic or they’re keeping it strictly business). The Green Knight and A Ghost Story composer David Hart is returning to write the score, but Mother Mary will also include songs written and produced by some of pop’s biggest names IRL. Namely, Charli XCX – no stranger to an “epic pop melodrama” – and Jack Antonoff, producer for the likes of Lana Del Rey, Lorde, and Taylor Swift. Earlier this month, it was also reported that Charli contributed to the score for the Rachel Sennott high school sex comedy Bottoms. A release date for Mother Mary is yet to be confirmed. According to the Hollywood Reporter, filming will take place in Germany later this year. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsCasting is finally getting its flowers at the 2026 OscarsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy