Mikey Madison and Kirsten Dunst Join Mermaid Thriller Reptilia

Last month, we learned Mikey Madison, fresh off her Best Actress Oscar win for Anora, declined to join the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter. Now, we know what her next big role is, and it’s an interesting one: Reptilia, a movie about mermaids.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, this is a “unique thriller” wherein a dental hygienist winds up “seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade.” Madison’s costar is Kirsten Dunst, recently of Civil War and the upcoming Roofman, and according to THR’s Borys Kit, she’ll be the one doing the seducing. The film, which begins production in the fall, comes courtesy of director Alejandro Landes Echavarría, director of 2019’s war thriller Monos, working off a script he cowrote with Duke Merriman.

Not counting the recent Little Mermaid remake, it’s been a while since we’ve had a major movie about the undersea people. But we’re in an era where classic monsters like vampires and mummies are coming back to the silver screen (or Netflix), so Reptilia is coming in at a good time. Can’t wait to see more about it, and what a mermaid’s doing over in Florida, in the coming months

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