Luca Guadagnino's Queer, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, will get a limited release on November 27, according to A24. Based on William S Burroughs' semi-autobiographical novel Queer, the film stars Craig as the author's alter ego. The film revolves around Craig's character Lee, who resides in a community of American college-goers with part-time employment and bar owners who depend on GI Bill benefits. The themes of the book cover drug abuse and sex, with Lee growing an infatuation for Allerton (Starkey), a younger and discharged US Navy serviceman. A drug consumer, Allerton stays indifferent to the sexual advances from Lee but eventually relents to them.
The cast of Queer also includes Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Michael Borremans, David Lowery, and Andra Ursuta. The film marks the acting debut of singer-songwriter Omar Apollo as well. The film is an official selection at the Venice Film Festival this year.
It was also revealed by A24 that The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, will get a limited release on December 20. The Brady Corbet film is headlined by Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Joe Alwyn. The film marks Corbet's first feature after Vox Lux (2018). The all-star ensemble cast is rounded off by Raffey Cassidy, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin, Jonathan Hyde and Peter Polycarpou.
Based on Hungarian architect László Toth, played by Brody, The Brutalist will travel across thirty years of his life, after he flees postwar Europe to build a new life in America with his wife Erzsébet (Jones). A wealthy and enigmatic client (Pearce) in America changes their lives forever.
The film, which has been in the works for a while now, was greatly delayed due to the Covid 19 pandemic. With Corbet and his partner Mona Fastvold penning the script of The Brutalist, the production of the film has already begun in Hungary. Daniel Blumberg will compose the score for the film.