Margot Robbie signs for The Week of Pain, from the director whose last film made A24 US$135 million
Margot Robbie will star in The Week of Pain, the next film from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli, for A24. Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen's company Square Peg is producing with A24, alongside Robbie's own LuckyChap. Nothing about the story has been released beyond its title.
Three things to know
- Borgli's last film, The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, took about US$135 million worldwide after its April release.
- The same team is back: A24 and Square Peg backed The Drama too.
- Robbie's production company LuckyChap, which made Barbie and Saltburn, is a producer, so the Queenslander is behind the camera as well as in front of it.
Margot Robbie has picked her next director, and he specialises in making audiences squirm.
The Week of Pain, announced in the US on Thursday, will be written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli and financed and produced by A24 with Square Peg, the company run by Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster and producer Lars Knudsen. Dilemma Films and LuckyChap, the company Robbie co-founded, are also producing.
The plot is being kept under wraps. So is the rest of the cast.
Who is Kristoffer Borgli?
A Norwegian filmmaker who has built a fast reputation for uncomfortable comedy. His Norwegian feature Sick of Myself followed a woman who sabotages her own health for attention. His first English-language film, Dream Scenario, starred Nicolas Cage as a professor who starts appearing in strangers’ dreams.
The Drama, released in April with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, took about US$135 million worldwide, a big number for an original film aimed at adults. The Week of Pain will be his third film with A24.
What does it say about Robbie’s choices?
That she is still mixing studio scale with riskier filmmakers. Her most recent release was Warner Bros.’ Wuthering Heights, in which she played Cathy opposite fellow Australian Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff. She is also attached to a prequel to Ocean’s 11, with Bradley Cooper starring and directing.
LuckyChap has form in this space. The company Robbie set up in 2014 with her husband Tom Ackerley and friends produced Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, as well as Barbie, which became the biggest film of 2023 with more than US$1.4 billion at the box office.
When will Australians see it?
Not soon. No shooting dates or release window have been announced. A24 films usually reach Australian cinemas through local distributors, and dates are typically set much closer to release.
Why does A24 matter here?
A24 has built its name on director-led films that travel on word of mouth, from Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won best picture at the Oscars, to Past Lives. The Week of Pain pairs that approach with one of the biggest stars in the world and a director coming off a hit.
How we got here
The key moments that brought this story into focus. Open any moment for detail.
2014LuckyChap founded
Robbie and her partners set up the production company.
2023Barbie
LuckyChap's Barbie becomes the year's highest-grossing film.
April 2026The Drama
Borgli's film with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson opens and goes on to take about US$135 million worldwide.
2026Wuthering Heights
Robbie stars as Cathy opposite Jacob Elordi.
13 November 2026The Week of Pain
Robbie is confirmed as the star of Borgli's next A24 film.
What happens next
A24 has not announced further cast, a shooting schedule or a release date. Robbie's Ocean's 11 prequel with Bradley Cooper is also still ahead.
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