The Weeknd: the new album accompanied by the film with Jenna Ortega
As originally reported by Deadline in the last few hours, the movie which sees The Weeknd engaged as the leading actor alongside Barry Keoghan (seen in “Dunkirk” by Christopher Nolan, “The Batman” by Matt Reeves and “Saltburn” by Emerald Fennell) and by Tim Burton’s new pupil Jenna Ortegait will be directly linked to the Canadian musician’s next album so much so that it even took the title, “Hurry up tomorrow”.
The film, which began to be talked about last year, is now described as a psychological thriller in which music plays a central role and is presented as “an extension” of the next recording project by The Weeknd, arriving as the third and final chapter of the trilogy that began with “After Hours” and “Dawn FM”. At the moment The publication date is not known of the album and the theatrical release of the feature film, which according to Deadline has already been filmed. Although the film’s arrival date in cinemas is not known, the US online magazine confirms that Lionsgate obtained the theatrical distribution rights world.
The film is based on an idea by Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, this is the real name of The Weeknd, and it is direct from the director of “It comes at night” Trey Edward Shultsalso involved in writing the screenplay. The musician also worked on the film’s soundtrack alongside Daniel Lopatin, known by the stage name Oneohtrix Point Never, who previously worked with The Weeknd on his 2022 album “Dawn FM.” Completing the team of the film, produced by TheWeeknd production company Manic Phase and Reza Fahim together with Harrison Kreiss and the late Kevin Turen, are Ortega, Shults, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and Harrison Huffman.
Waiting to reveal further details about his new album, The Weeknd has already released the singles “Timeless” with Playboi Carti and “Dancing in the flames”. The tracklist should also include the song that the artist presented during the concert last October 22nd on the stage of the Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia, and which should be titled “Open hearts”.
