“Everyone is acting like I’m crazy, and I’m not crazy.” Gaslighting, psychological torment, and marital problems, it’s Olivia Wilde’s new upcoming psychological thriller “Don’t Worry Darling,” starring Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Chris Pine, and more. Directed by Wilde, she made her excellent feature-length filmmaking debut with “Booksmart” a few years back, “Don’t Worry Darling” centers on a 1950s housewife living (Pugh) with her husband (Styles) in a utopian experimental community who begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.
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Due September 23, 2022, via Warner Bros (cue a premiere at TIFF or Telluride or both?), the studio has released the first trailer for the film which also co-stars Nick Kroll (“How It Ends”), Sydney Chandler (“Pistol”), Kate Berlant (“Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood”), Asif Ali (“WandaVision”), Douglas Smith (“Big Little Lies”), Timothy Simons (“Veep”) and Ari’el Stachel (upcoming “Respect the Jux”). Here’s the long form synopsis:
From New Line Cinema comes “Don’t Worry Darling,” directed by Olivia Wilde (“Booksmart”) and starring Florence Pugh (Oscar-nominated for “Little Women”), Harry Styles (“Dunkirk”), Wilde (upcoming “Babylon”), Gemma Chan (“Crazy Rich Asians”), KiKi Layne (“The Old Guard”) and Chris Pine (“All the Old Knives”).
Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950’s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank (Pine)—equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia.
While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives—including Frank’s elegant partner, Shelley (Chan)—get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause.
But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise? An audacious, twisted and visually stunning psychological thriller, “Don’t Worry Darling” is a powerhouse feature from director Olivia Wilde that boasts intoxicating performances from Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, surrounded by the impressive and pitch-perfect cast.
“Don’t Worry Darling” hits theaters on September 23 and we can almost guarantee every fall film festival will want to premiere it first. Watch the new trailer below.