Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega lined up for Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist

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Birds Of Prey director Cathy Yan casts Jenna Ortega and Natalie Portman in her dark comedy, The Gallerist. More on the movie here.


Jenna Ortega continues her ascent through the Hollywood ranks. This year’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice saw Ortega reunite with Tim Burton following their success with the Netflix series Wednesday. It proved to be an adroit step, with the film quickly becoming a hit for Warner Bros – which the studio sorely needed given that several of its other blockbusters this year (with the exception of Dune: Part Two) didn’t really work out as hoped at the box office.

Whether it’s the success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, or exiting the Scream series just as its momentum began to fade, Ortega seems to have developed a knack for attaching herself to projects that increase her movie stardom.

The next couple of years will be particularly interesting, though. Ortega is said to be working with a couple of filmmakers who could do with a hit themselves, and they’ll be hoping that Ortega’s growing star power will help in that regard.

Read more: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review | A macabre, wickedly funny ode to creativity

Ortega is rumoured to be part of JJ Abrams’ secret upcoming project, while she’s also making Klara And The Sun with Taika Waititi. The latter project will release in 2025 and see Ortega work with the mighty Amy Adams.

It now looks like Ortega has signed up to work with Natalie Portman too; according to Deadline, she’ll co-star in Cathy Yan’s upcoming The Gallerist, a dark comedy about ‘a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead guy at Art Basel Miami.’

There’s no word as to who each actor will be playing, but given that both actors are coming off successful projects (Portman last featured in Todd Haynes’ celebrated drama, May December) this feels like a good pairing. Yan is best known for directing Dead Pigs and Warner Bros’ Birds Of Prey. She also directed part of the last season of the hit show, Succession.

We’ll bring you more on this one as we hear it.

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