Warner Bros. Pictures’ long-awaited J.J. Abrams movie starring Jenna Ortega and Glen Powell has finally received a new update, more than a year after the project was first announced.
According to a new WGA listing, it has been confirmed that the star-studded movie will officially be titled The Great Beyond. The listing also described the project as a dramatic action-adventure.
What do we know about Jenna Ortega & Glen Powell’s The Great Beyond movie?
Besides Ortega and Powell, The Great Beyond will also star Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Barbie) and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction). Further details about their characters are still under wraps, but previous reports suggested that the story might be about “a young married couple struggling to survive against a supernatural entity.”
The movie will be written and directed by Abrams, who is also serving as a producer through his Bad Robot production banner. This would be Abrams’ first directorial movie in over six years since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Last year, Ortega reprised her iconic character in the second season of Netflix’s hit show Wednesday, which has already been renewed for a third season. Besides starring in Abrams’ mystery movie, she will also next be seen in Cathy Yan’s dark comedy The Gallerist with Natalie Portman and in Taika Waititi’s film adaptation of Klara and the Sun with Amy Adams.
As for Powell, he will also be leading the upcoming black comedy thriller How to Make a Killing with Margaret Qualley, which will arrive in theaters on February 20.
(Source: WGA)