Renate Reinsve Set to Star in ‘Weapons’ Alongside Pedro Pascal

Renate Reinsve Set to Star in ‘Weapons’ Alongside Pedro Pascal: Zack Cregger’s ‘Barbarian’ received massive critical acclaim. The critics and the audience alike loved it for its sheer unpredictability and constant sense of thrill throughout its duration. The 2022 Horror Thriller rose Cregger to popularity as a director, whose body of work has largely been in acting and comedy sketch-show roles. Some may even consider him as another Jordan Peele with regard to their career trajectories. Cregger is returning with his feature directorial venture – Weapons for New Line.

What is Renate Reinsve’s role in Weapons?

‘The Worst Person in the World’ star Renate Reinsve has signed to star in Weapons along with ‘The Last of Us‘ star Pedro Pascal. While the character details are still under wraps, the story supposedly follows the disappearance of high schoolers in a small town.

What is Renate Reinsve known for?

Renate Reinsve received global recognition for her role in Joachim Trier’s ‘The Worst Person in the World.’ The romantic comedy-drama earned her a Best Actress award at 2021’s Cannes film festival. She also earned a BAFTA nomination for her performance – where the film was also nominated in the International Feature category.

The film also received Oscar nods in the Screenplay and Foreign Language Film Categories. Before this massively successful collaboration, Reinsve had also had a brief role in ‘Oslo, August 31st’ – a part of Trier’s unplanned Oslo Trilogy.

What is Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’ about?

The actor-turned-director Cregger is coming up with a new film titled – ‘Weapons.’ The film has been described as ‘an interrelated, multistory horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.’ The filming for Weapons will hopefully begin this Fall as per the plans.

Cregger has written the script and will produce the project with his previous team, Roy Lee of Vertigo, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures, besides Miri Yoon.