ELIZABETH OLSEN JOINS CAST OF PANOS COSMATOS’ ‘FLESH OF THE GODS’
Olsen will co-star with previously announced Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac; WME Independent, CAA Media Finance & XYZ Films continue sales at Cannes
Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress Elizabeth Olsen has joined Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac to co-star in the thriller FLESH OF THE GODS from director Panos Cosmatos (Mandy). The film is written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, The Killer) based on a story by Cosmatos and Walker, and is produced by Adam McKay and Betsy Koch of Hyperobject Industries and Oscar Isaac and Gena Konstantinakos for Mad Gene Media. Domestic rights are co-repped by CAA Media Finance and WME Independent, with XYZ Films continuing international sales at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes.
In glittering 80’s LA, married couple, RAOUL (Oscar Isaac) and ALEX (Kristen Stewart), descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm of 80’s Los Angeles. When they cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic NAMELESS (Elizabeth Olsen) and her hard-partying cabal, Raoul and Alex are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence.
Elizabeth Olsen is an American actress best known for her Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated role as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and the Disney+ series WandaVision. She made her breakthrough in the critically acclaimed indie thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, earning widespread praise for her performance. Olsen has also starred in films like Wind River, Ingrid Goes West, and Godzilla.
Flesh of the Gods marks the fourth collaboration between Cosmatos and XYZ, as they produced the upcoming Miley Cyrus film Something Beautiful, which will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. They also have Nekrokosm in development with A24.
Upcoming titles from XYZ Films include Banquet, starring Meghann Fahy and directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia; the SXSW standout thriller Hallow Road, directed by Babak Anvari and starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys; The Trip starring Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Juliette Lewis and Timothy Olyphant, which is currently in post-production; Havoc, directed by Gareth Evans and starring Tom Hardy and Forrest Whitaker which premiered on Netflix Friday April 25th; True-story exorcism thriller The Ritual starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens which releases wide this summer; and Something Beautiful, the new visual album from Miley Cyrus.
Olsen is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
About XYZ Films:
XYZ Films is an independent studio whose mission is to empower visionary storytellers from every corner of the planet. As a producer, financier, and distributor, the company is uniquely suited to identify talented filmmakers and bring their stories to life. XYZ recently expanded into talent management, working with a global roster of filmmakers. XYZ was founded in 2008 by Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer, and Aram Tertzakian.
ABOUT HYPEROBJECT INDUSTRIES:
Hyperobject Industries is a multi-platform production company from Academy-Award winning writer-director-producer Adam McKay. The company’s name is a shout-out to environmental philosopher Timothy Morton’s use of the term ‘hyperobject’ and his belief that humankind needs to re-evaluate its relationship with nature as a whole. The Hyperobject Industries team includes McKay’s long-time producer Kevin Messick and producers Todd Schulman, Betsy Koch and Maeve Cullinane. Hyperobject Industries’ focus is wide ranging from comedies, dramas, horror, documentaries and documentary-series, as well as politically charged and challenging subjects with which McKay has become synonymous. McKay’s Don’t Look Up, which he and Kevin Messick produced, is one of Netflix’s most successful films and received four Oscar and BAFTA nominations, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Other recent productions include the box office hit The Menu starring Anya-Taylor Joy, Nicholas Hoult and Ralph Fiennes for Searchlight Pictures, and Fresh starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan from director Mimi Cave with a screenplay from Lauryn Kahn that was released on Hulu. Upcoming feature projects include Sony Pictures’ thriller Shiver from writer director Tommy Wirkola, starring Phoebe Dynevor, which is set for a July 2026 release.
Most recently, Hyperobject Industries onboarded, with McKay serving as an executive producer, the Academy Award nominated live-action short film A Lien from directors Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Culter-Kreutz, as well as Oscar short-listed documentary feature Union. McKay and producer Kevin Messick served as Executive Producers on HBO’s critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning series Succession, with McKay directing the DGA winning pilot. Other television projects include HBO drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, HBO late night series Game Theory with Bomani Jones, HBO’s Painting with John, and HBO documentaries Q: Into the Storm, 537 Votes, BS High, and Wild Wild Space. Hyperobject Industries also executive produced Hulu’s most-watched documentary film God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty, and Men of War from co-directors Billy Corden and Jen Gatien, which is available on Peacock. In 2024, Hyperobject Industries Todd Schulman reteamed with investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback (Q: Into the Storm) for another HBO documentary film Electric Money: The Bitcoin Mystery. McKay and Bong Joon Ho are partnering on an HBO limited series inspired by Bong Joon Ho’s Academy Award Best Picture Parasite. Other upcoming projects for HBO include comedy series The Chair Company, with Tim Robinson starring and writing.
Hyperobject Industries has developed numerous original podcasts, such as Bedtime Stories with Adam McKay, Death at the Wing, Death on the Lot and Broken: Seeking Justice.
