First-look images for Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind have been released, giving a sneak peek of Josh O'Connor and Alana Haim in the lead roles.
Reichardt's upcoming feature, which follows her 2022 dramedy Showing Up starring Michelle Williams, is a heist movie set in 1970s Massachusetts.
The new images sees O'Connor in the role of protagonist JB Mooney, an unemployed carpenter who reinvents himself as an amateur art thief. The film centres on JB planning his first heist.
An image of Haim in an undisclosed role sees the actor-musician talking on the phone while sat in front of her typewriter in what looks like a newsroom, with all clues pointing to her character being a journalist on Mooney's case.
The Mastermind has a stacked cast, also featuring stars John Magaro, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, and Amanda Plummer, among others.
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Written and directed by Reichardt, the movie will receive its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival later this month, with Mubi handling global distribution for the feature.
A member of band Haim with her two sisters Danielle and Este, The Mastermind is Alana Haim's second feature film.
She made her acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 movie Licorice Pizza opposite Cooper Hoffman and Bradley Cooper.
She'll reunite with Anderson on his upcoming One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a former revolutionary who rejoins his ex-group when his daughter is kidnapped.
Loosely adapted from Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, the movie also stars Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Regina Hall.
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O'Connor will next be seen in the third Knives Out outing, Wake Up Dead Man, alongside Daniel Craig reprising the role of private detective Benoit Blanc.
As is customary with the Knives Out franchise, the third chapter is as star-studded as its predecessors, with Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Cailee Spaeny, and Andrew Scott starring, among others.
The Mastermind will premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival. A wider release date is TBA.
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