Margot Robbie to Star in A24’s ‘The Week of Pain’ From ‘The Drama’ Filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli

Margot Robbie is set to star in A24 and Square Peg’s The Week of Pain, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Kristoffer Borgli, the writer-director of The Drama, is on board to write and direct the film.

A24 is financing and producing the film, with Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster’s Square Peg producing alongside Dilemma Films and Robbie’s LuckyChap.

The project will reunite Borgli with the studio and Square Peg following the success of The Drama, a romantic dark comedy starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Released by A24 in April, the film became one of the studio’s highest-grossing movies globally, earning $134 million at the worldwide box office. Borgli also wrote and directed 2023’s Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage, for A24.

Most recently, Robbie starred in the literary romance Wuthering Heights, released Feb. 13, alongside Jacob Elordi, with the two playing Cathy and Heathcliff, respectively. The Warner Bros. film, based on Emily Brontë’s novel of the same name, grossed $241.8 million worldwide.

Plot details for The Week of Pain are being kept under wraps, but the project will mark the Barbie star’s first time starring in an A24 film. The two-time Oscar-nominated actress is currently wrapping production on her Ocean’s prequel, in which she co-stars with Bradley Cooper, who also directs. Monica Barbaro, George MacKay, Vicky Krieps, Josh Gad, Wagner Moura, Omar Sy, Jack Holden and Lauren Ridloff are among the cast.

Robbie is repped by Entertainment 360, CAA, Narrative, Aran Michael Management and attorney Jeff Bernstein. Borgli is represented by UTA.