Barry Keoghan cast in new film starring The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega

Oscar nominee and BAFA winner Barry Keoghan has reportedly been cast alongside Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and The Weeknd in a mysterious new film.

The new movie is currently in production from Waves director Trey Edward Shults, with Oneohtrix Point Never set to score.

The film, which as yet is untitled, was co-written by singer The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) with director Trey Edward Shults.

"Even though both Ortega and Keoghan have been weighing several offers following their big years, both made it clear they wanted this as their next project, and following their commitments, the film was a go," Deadline says.

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Oneohtrix Point Never, who previously worked with Tesfaye on his 2022 album Dawn FM and remixed the title track.

The Weeknd previously appeared in 2019’s Netflix movie Uncut Gems and he is set to appear in HBO series The Idol as a self-help guru, club owner and leader of a modern-day cult, who begins dating an up-and-coming pop artist played by Lily-Rose Depp.

It was co-created with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson.

Dubliner Barry Keoghan is Oscar-nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin. The Oscars take place in LA on Sunday 12 March.

Barry Keoghan.

Elsewhere, Keoghan has reportedly replaced fellow Oscar nominee Paul Mescal in Bring Them Down, a feature drama currently filming in Ireland.

British actor Tom Burke (Living, Strike) was also initially involved alongside Mescal, but Burke has also been replaced by the American actor Christopher Abbott (Catch-22, It Comes at Night).

The film also stars Colm Meaney (Gangs of London, Star Trek), Nora-Jane Noone (Wildfire, Brooklyn), Paul Ready (Motherland, The Terror), and Susan Lynch (Happy Valley, Unforgotten).

Bring Them Down follows an Irish shepherd who is drawn into violent conflict with a neighbouring farm when his sheep are massacred by unknown men.