{"id":616058,"date":"2026-09-14T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/616058\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:14:18","slug":"salma-hayek-pinault-directs-arena-with-yura-borisov-cara-delevingne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/616058\/","title":{"rendered":"Salma Hayek Pinault Directs ‘Arena’ With Yura Borisov, Cara Delevingne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOscar nominee Salma Hayek<\/a> Pinault is stepping behind the camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety can exclusively reveal that the Oscar-nominated actor of \u201cFrida\u201d and Emmy-nominated actress and producer of \u201cUgly Betty\u201d will make her theatrical directorial debut with \u201cArena<\/a>,\u201d an epic romantic adventure she also wrote. The independently financed film pairs her with Yura Borisov<\/a>, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Sean Baker\u2019s \u201cAnora\u201d and is the star of Neon\u2019s upcoming \u201cArtificial\u201d from director Luca Guadagnino, alongside Cara Delevingne<\/a>, who co-stars in this year\u2019s breakout hit \u201cClub Kid,\u201d to round out the cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tBilled as a forbidden love story about the healing power of love and desire, \u201cArena\u201d is currently shooting in Mexico across the states of Quintana Roo and Veracruz \u2014 regions Hayek Pinault describes as untouched canvases as much as backdrops.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2019Arena\u2019 is a forbidden love story and an intimate journey into exploring someone else while finding the ability to experience intense pleasure in the simple things we take for granted,\u201d Hayek Pinault tells Variety. \u201cThe sensorial experience of connectivity with land and nature is enhanced through the spectacular locations of Quintana Roo and Veracruz. These regions are already incredibly cinematic, but finding undiscovered beauties to shoot in this land was a true moment of pride and triumph. I am so excited to show the world these hidden jewels that have never been seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHayek Pinault is producing alongside formidable names, including Oscar winner Angelina Jolie (\u201cGirl, Interrupted\u201d), Stacy Perskie (\u201cBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths\u201d), and her longtime producing partner Jose Tamez (\u201cBeatriz at Dinner\u201d).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBehind the lens, she assembled notable artisans, including cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd, who shot Sofia Coppola\u2019s \u201cPriscilla\u201d and Wong Kar-wai\u2019s \u201cThe Grandmaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Hayek Pinault, this marks an evolution in her more-than-three-decade Hollywood career. She previously helmed \u201cThe Maldonado Miracle,\u201d which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding directing in a children\u2019s special. \u201cArena\u201d will now position her among the growing ranks of actors reshaping their careers as authors of their own vision. Additionally, she does so on home ground, in a country that has shaped her artistry.<\/p>\n

\n\tHayek Pinault is represented by CAA, Entertainment 360 and Edelstein, Laird & Sobel. Borisov is represented by United Talent Agency, Curate, Gang, Tyre, Raymond, Brown & Passman and The Lede Company. Delevingne is represented by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar nominee Salma Hayek Pinault is stepping behind the camera.\u00a0 Variety can exclusively reveal that the Oscar-nominated actor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[137844,64843,458,146,85,46,6950,237625],"class_list":["post-616058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-arena","tag-cara-delevingne","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-salma-hayek","tag-yura-borisov"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}