Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Austin Butler and more saddle up for Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’

Writer and director Ari Aster has begun production on his newest film, “Eddington,” and he has assembled quite a cast. 

Now boasting two Oscars, Emma Stone will appear in the film, as will Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix, marking his second collaboration with Aster after last year’s love-it-or-hate-it-but-definitely-respect-it “Beau is Afraid.” Oscar-nominee and current Harkonnen meme king Austin Butler, Marvel’s future Reed Richards Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Tony winner Deirdre O’Connell,  Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr. round out the incredibly stacked cast. 

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A24, which has released all of Aster’s features (“Hereditary” and “Midsommar” before “Beau”) announced the “contemporary western” that is “coming soon” via Instagram. Aster has parted ways with his usual cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski and is working with the legendary Persian-French lenser Darius Khondji, whose credits include “Uncut Gems,” “The Lost City of Z,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Stealing Beauty,” “Seven,” and “ The City of Lost Children.” 

The associated image A24 used on social media is of a slate on some desert rocks. 

All that is known about the film is that it focuses on “a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.” Other rumors swirling around suggest there may be a horror-action element, but this is unsubstantiated. Alas, it is unlikely that “Eddington” is a deep-dive into one of  “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”’s best characters.

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