Margot Robbie Set to Star in A24's The Week of Pain

Margot Robbie is set to star in The Week of Pain, a new film that A24 will finance and produce. Deadline reported the casting on 13 November 2026.

Kristoffer Borgli wrote the script and will direct. He previously directed Dream Scenario for A24, so the two are returning to the studio together. Robbie is committed to shoot the film sometime in 2027, Deadline reported.

Three companies will produce the film alongside A24. They are Square Peg, Dilemma Films and LuckyChap. Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster are producers through Square Peg. A producer is the person who holds the whole project together, from money and schedule to the crew, and a production company is the firm that does that work.

Robbie's recent work includes Wuthering Heights, an adaptation in which she starred opposite Jacob Elordi. Deadline reported that the film has grossed $240 million worldwide, meaning the total taken at cinemas across every country. She is also set to star opposite Bradley Cooper in a prequel to the Ocean's films, according to the same report.

Deadline also cited The Drama, which stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. The film has grossed $134 million worldwide, the trade site said.

Big stars often sign on early, sometimes years before a camera rolls. A film like this one passes through many hands before anyone buys a ticket: a writer, a director, a studio willing to put up the money, and a cast whose schedules line up. Each of those choices is made by a person, and each can change the path of a project.

For now, the news is a casting and a planned shoot. Robbie and Borgli are attached to a project that is still in the making, and the next public update will come from the people who run it.