A host of new names have been added to the cast of dark comedy The Gallerist, joining the already-announced Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega.
Details regarding filmmaker Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist are being kept mostly under wraps, but here’s what we do know so far: the dark comedy is set to enter production next month in France and has been written by the Birds Of Prey director alongside James Pederson. Yan will direct with the story said to ‘focus on a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead guy at Art Basel Miami’ – the latter being an upscale art show where tickets are around $85 per person (though kids get in for $10).
The project has already cast Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega. Thanks to World Of Reel, we’ve picked now up details regarding the supporting cast for The Gallerist – and it’s quite an ensemble.
Da’vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Daniel Brühl and Catherine Zeta-Jones will round out the cast for the film, and we have to say, we’re very intrigued by the eclectic list of talent that will be on display in Yan’s film.
The director previously worked on parts of the final season of Succession, with that show being hailed as one of the greatest small screen successes of recent years. Part of that was its perfectly-pitched blend of character drama and dark comedy, a tone we’re hoping Yan is going to return to with The Gallerist. If so, perhaps it’ll be another pitch-black satire like Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw from 2019. It too had a starry cast (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, John Malkovich to type out just a few) and was also about murky goings-on in the world of modern art.
The film is a completely independent venture which only adds to the sense that we might be getting something quite unique here. When we hear more about The Gallerist, we’ll let you know.
