{"id":883296,"date":"2026-10-15T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883296\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:18:11","slug":"zendaya-to-star-in-alex-garland-sci-fi-film-at-a24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883296\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya to Star in Alex Garland Sci-Fi Film at A24"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tZendaya<\/a> is dusting off her \u201cDune\u201d boots and getting back into the world of science fiction.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe star has boarded a new untitled sci-fi to be written and directed Alex Garland<\/a> for A24<\/a>. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the feature is set to shoot in 2027. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe project marks the latest collaboration between Zendaya and A24 following hit series \u201cEuphoria,\u201d which concluded after three seasons earlier this year, and the pitch-black dramedy \u201cThe Drama\u201d alongside Robert Pattinson, which became a box office hit, earning almost $135 million worldwide. <\/p>\n

\n\tFor Garland, the film continues his long-running collaboration with A24, which has produced and distributed his 2024 sci-fi \u201cEx Machina,\u201d plus \u201cCivil War,\u201d \u201cMen\u201d and \u201cWarfare.\u201d A24 is also behind his upcoming big-budget \u201cElden Ring\u201d video game adaptation, starring Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw, Nick Offerman and Tom Burke. Shooting on \u201cThe Elden Ring\u201d wrapped on July 30, with the film set to be released in March 2028.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlongside \u201cThe Drama,\u201d Zendaya has appeared in two of 2026\u2019s biggest movies in \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d and \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d which both smashed box office records. Denis Villeneuve\u2019s final trip to Arrakis, \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d releases Dec. 16. <\/p>\n

\n\tFans of Garland\u2019s sci-fi \u2014\u00a0which also includes Netflix feature \u201cAnnihilation\u201d and the FX series \u201cDevs\u201d \u2014\u00a0may be delighted to hear he\u2019s returning to the genre. But the news could also dent hopes for a third \u201c28 Years Later.\u201d Garland wrote \u201c28 Days Later,\u201d later reuniting with Danny Boyle for last year\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later\u201d and its quick-fire sequel \u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.\u201d Speaking recently at the London Film Festival, Boyle said Garland had written a \u201cfantastic script\u201d for the third \u201c28 Years Later\u201d but noted he was now busy working on \u201cElden Ring.\u201d \u201cSo it\u2019s on the back burner at the moment,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\n\tGarland\u2019s new sci-fi may push it even further back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zendaya is dusting off her \u201cDune\u201d boots and getting back into the world of science fiction. The star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[17979,33443,236,88,49615],"class_list":["post-883296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-a24","tag-alex-garland","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-zendaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}