Anne Hathaway plays a pop star and Michaela Coel plays her estranged fashion designer in the first trailer for the highly anticipated drama Mother Mary.
The film comes from David Lowery, whose previous films range from The Green Knight to A Ghost Story to Pete’s Dragon. His last film was the Disney+ original Peter Pan & Wendy starring Jude Law.
It has been described as a “psychosexual pop thriller” about the strained relationship between the pair as they reunite to create a costume. A recent interview with Hathaway in Vogue described her character as “a kind of Gaga-Taylor Swift hybrid”.
The film began production in Germany in May 2023 and will be released in April 2026. The original music was written and produced by Charli XCX, Jack Antonoff and FKA Twigs, with Hathaway providing her vocals.
Lowry called it a “weird, weird movie” partly inspired by Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He also compared it to the shooting of Apocalypse Now.
Lowry said last year, “I’m sure this is a movie that will provoke a lot of strong emotions in every possible direction.” “It feels so true to who I am, and so close to me, but it’s constantly surprising me in ways I didn’t expect.”
The next year promises to be big for both Hathaway and Coel. Hathaway will also appear in the comedy sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2, the action-adventure Flowerwell Street, the Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity and Christopher Nolan’s star-studded epic The Odyssey.
Coel, whose last acting credits were small roles in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and TV’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, stars opposite Ian McKellen in the comedy drama The Christophers, which premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released next year. She is also working on First Day on Earth, her highly anticipated next film on the small screen, I May Destroy You.
Charli XCX is also providing music for Emerald Fennell’s new take on Wuthering Heights, which will be released in February. She will play a version of herself in the satirical comedy The Moment in January.
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