Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal reunite for 'outlaw romance'
- Oscar-Winner Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are reuniting for 'Hold On To Your Angels,' written and directed by Benh Zeitlin, following their 2025 collaboration on 'Hamnet.'
- Benh Zeitlin, who directed 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' 17 years ago, returns to the 'crumbling edge of South Louisiana' for this new 'outlaw romance' inspired by the region's endangered way of life.
- Plan B and Oscar-winner Alex Coco will produce under his Rapt Film banner; the story follows characters who 'fall in catastrophic love as their crumbling bayou paradise drags them under,' per synopsis.
- The project will debut at this month's Cannes Marché with CAA Media Finance representing domestic rights and The Veterans handling international sales; production begins in February.
- Coco praised Zeitlin's 'rare gift: the ability to reveal profound beauty and humanity in parts of America that seldom find their way onto the silver screen,' underscoring the filmmaker's distinctive vision.
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Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley to Reunite for Benh Zeitlin's Outlaw Romance 'Hold On To Your Angels'
Get latest articles and stories on Entertainment at LatestLY. Actors Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are set to reunite on screen for filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's upcoming outlaw romance 'Hold On To Your Angels', according to Variety. Entertainment News | Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley to Reunite for Benh Zeitlin's Outlaw Romance 'Hold On To Your Angels'.
With her emotional portrayal in "Hamnet" Jessie Buckley won an Oscar. Co-star Paul Mescal is now the next project - a film about a "catastrophe love".The Irish Oscar winner Jessie Buckley (36) and her compatriot Paul Mescal (30) get involved in the next joint project after "Hamnet". They play the leading roles in the love film "Hold on to Your Angels" directed by Benh Zeitlin (43, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"). The story plays in the south of t…
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