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Ari Astermade his directorial debut with his 2018 horror movie,Hereditary, starring award-winningToni Colletteas a grieving mother trying to protect her family after a devastating loss. The film grossed over $80 million on a $10 million budget, becoming A24’s highest-grossing film (beatingLady Birdat $78.5 million) until it was surpassed byEverything Everywhere All At Oncein 2022.
Aster’s second film, a folk horror calledMidsommar, came out in 2019 starringFlorence Pughas the lead protagonist. The film follows Dani (Pugh), her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor), and a group of his friends from college as they travel to Sweden to study a rare midsummer celebration that only occurs once every 90 years within an isolated commune.Midsommarhad a worldwide gross of $48 million and had a generally positive audience reception, despite the polarizing nature of the film.
When Ari Aster announced his next film,Beau Is Afraid, in 2021, it was originally titledDisappointment Blvd.Fans of his previous horror films were ecstatic to hear that he was collaborating withJoaquin Phoenixand anticipated an even more terrifying experience. However, Aster pivoted away from direct “horror” and instead created a dark, anxiety-riddled comedy, which led to some disappointment and confusion from initial movie-goers. Despite generally positive reviews,Beau Is Afraidwas only able to bring in $11.5 million at the box office, resulting in a $35 million loss. UntilCivil War,Beau Is Afraidheld the title of the “most expensive” film ever to be produced byA24with a budget of $35 million.
Now, with his fourth film in the works, fans are foaming at the mouth waiting for any information they can find about what Aster will do next. This article will tell you everything we know aboutEddington.
A small-town New Mexico sheriff has higher aspirations.
Does ‘Eddington’ Have a Release Date?
Unfortunately,there hasn’t been an official release date established by Ari Aster or A24 yet. Filming began in New Mexico on June 11, 2025, and is set to finish on May 17, so shortly after that, post-production will commence and there should be a more definitive timeline as far as when we can expectEddingtonto be released. If Aster follows the rough timeline he has used for his previous three films, we might be looking at a release date in early 2025.
Will ‘Eddington’ Be in Theaters or Streaming?
Eddingtonwill without a doubt have a theatrical release. If we follow the theatrical release schedule of Ari Aster’s previous three films,Eddingtonwill likely have a limited theatrical release initially, followed by a wide release later that month. Following its theatrical run,Eddingtonwill most likely have a digital release within 2 to 3 months. Thanks to a deal between A24 and Warner Bros. Discovery,Eddingtonwill eventually be available to stream on the Max streaming service, alongside other recent movies from the indie giant.
What Will ‘Eddington’ Be About?
The plot forEddingtonhas been kept mostly under wraps aside from the fact that it’s based on a “small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.” However, an AMA (Ask Me Anything) onRedditwith director Ari Aster from around 4 years ago gave alittlemore insight about the upcoming film.
“There was a period of time when I thought “Midsommar” would be the debut feature, and there was a period when I thought another script called “Eddington” might be the first movie. For like five years, I was trying to get that Western-noir dark ensemble comedy going. That won’t be the next one, by the way, though I do still want to make it very badly… Although it’s sort of a – I don’t know if you’d call it a revisionist Western. It’s contemporary; one foot is in the western and one foot is even more heavily in the noir genre. So it’s like a film noir ensemble western dark comedy.”
Aster, who grew up in New Mexico, apparently had a script forEddingtonin his back pocket along withMidsommarwhen he decided to makeHereditary. According to another comment in his AMA, he said thatEddingtonis set in a fictional copper mining town in New Mexico that takes place during the pandemic. According to a rumor,
“the film tackles a couple (Lindsay and Marc) driving through New Mexico, on their way to Los Angeles, who run out of gas just outside the small town of Eddington, New Mexico. Lindsay and Marc decide to enter the town for help. They are, at first, greeted very warmly, but, as nightfall comes, the picturesque setting soon turns into a nightmare.”
Is There a Trailer for ‘Eddington’?
Not yet, a trailer won’t be released until the film is at the very least in post-productionafter filming wraps on June 07, 2025. According to the filming timeline for Aster’sMidsommar, principal photography began on July 31, 2025, and wrapped in October that year. The first official trailer forMidsommarwas released on June 12, 2025, just 4 months before the film’s July release. Given that time frame, we can only hope to see a trailer sometime in October this year.
Who Stars in ‘Eddington’?
Ari Aster has described this movie as an “ensemble” film, and he wasn’t exaggerating. The cast ofEddingtonhas no lack of star power to brag about. For starters,Joaquin Phoenixwas one of the first cast members to be confirmed to be involved inEddington, making this his second collaboration in a row with Ari Aster followingBeau Is Afraid. Phoenix has displayed a wide range of acting abilities in recent years, including the titular character in bothJokerandRidley Scott’sNapoleon. The Oscar-winning actor started his career appearing in various television shows and TV movies in the 80s before his first major role in the 1989 filmParenthood. Since then, he’s portrayedJohnny CashinWalk the Line, Commodus inGladiator(Phoenix’s first Ridley Scott film), Max California in9MM, and has worked withM. Night Shyamalanon two films,SignsandThe Village. He even voiced Kenai in the 2003 Disney movieBrother Bear. Talk about range!
Joining Phoenix in the cast isEmma Stone, who just recently won her second Oscar for her performance inYorgos Lanthimos’Poor Things. SinceEasy A, Stone has also expanded her acting range to include Disney’s live-actionCruella,The Help,Crazy, Stupid Love, and received her first Oscar for her performance inLa La Land. Most recently, she starred in the comedy-drama television seriesThe CursealongsideNathan for You’sNathan Fielder. In addition toEddington, she currently has two other upcoming projects that she is working on, a sequel toCruella, and a comedy-drama film calledKinds of Kindness, starring alongsideJesse PlemmonsandWillem Dafoe. This will mark Stone’s second collaboration with Phoenix afterIrrational Manin 2015.
Pedro Pascal, recently dubbed “the internet’s daddy” after his performances inThe Mandalorianand HBO’sThe Last of Us, is also in the cast ofEddingtonas a character named Ted Garcia. As of now, he is the only cast member to have a character name attached to him in the upcoming film. Pascal also starred as the villain inWonder Woman 1984,The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,Drive-Away Dolls, andThe Uninvited. IncludingEddington, he has several major projects coming up, includingGladiator 2, the second season ofThe Last of Us, and the latest reboot ofThe Fantastic Fouras Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mister Fantastic.
In addition to the already stacked cast,Austin Butler, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal in the 2022 biopicElvis, joined the cast ofEddingtonin March 2024, taking over a role that was previously taken byChristopher Abbott(Poor Things) due to scheduling conflicts on Abbot’s end. In addition to his headliner role as Elvis Presley, Butler also appeared inThe Dead Don’t Die,Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and most recently,Masters of the Air,The Bikeriders, andDune: Part 2. But wait, that’s not the entire cast yet!Eddingtoncast members also includeLuke Grimes(Yellowstone),Deirdre O’Connell(The Penguin),Michael Ward(The Beautiful Game),Clifton Collins Jr.(The Bricklayer),William Belleau(Killers of the Flower Moon), andAmélie Hoeferle(Night Swim).
Who Is Making ‘Eddington’?
Eddingtonis written, directed, and produced by Ari Aster, who has been making splashes in the “elevated horror” community with his back-to-back hits likeHereditary,Midsommar, andBeau Is Afraid. AlthoughBeauwasn’t as big of a success as Aster’s first two movies, the film has become somewhat of an instant cult classic that continues to grow its fanbase daily.Eddingtonwill be Ari Aster’s fourth collaboration with A24, the production company behind movies likeEverything Everywhere All At Once,Lady Bird,Bodies Bodies Bodies,Talk to Me, and many more.
Co-producing with Aster isLars Knudsen, who worked with Ari Aster previously onHereditaryand also producedRobert Eggers’ A24 folk horror,The VVitch. Knudsen and Aster also created their own production company, Square Peg, after working together onHereditary. Since then, Square Peg has producedMidsommar,Resurrection,The Northman,Beau Is Afraid,Dream Scenario, andSasquatch Sunset.Eddingtonwill be the seventh film produced by Square Peg and the third film co-produced by both Square Peg and A24.
Darius Khondjiwill serve as the cinematographer forEddington, and has worked with many notable directors in the past, includingDavid Fincher(Se7en),Woody Allen(Midnight in Paris),Danny Boyle(The Beach),Bong Joon-ho(Mickey 17),Wes Anderson(Castello Cavalcanti),Jonathan Glazer(Strasbourg 1518), brothersJoshua SafdieandBenjaminSafdie(Uncut Gems), andJames Gray(Armageddon Time). Khondji has been nominated for the Academy Awards twice, once for the 1997 film,Evita, and again in 2023 forBardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.
Stay tuned here for updates on trailers and the release date forEddington!
