Olivia Wilde to direct Penélope Cruz in comedy movie The Invite

Olivia Wilde to direct Penélope Cruz in upcoming film The Invite

Hollywood actor-director Olivia Wilde is set to take the reins on a new comedy movie called The Invite. What’s even better is that the film will star Penélope Cruz.
Wilde, 41, who made her directorial debut with the teen comedy film Booksmart (2019), is set to helm the upcoming date-night comedy, which is inspired by the Spanish film Sentimental (2020). 

Wilde will also star in the movie alongside Seth Rogen and Edward Norton. The film’s official synopsis explains that The Invite is about a couple who invites the neighbours over, igniting an evening full of unexpected twists and turns, revealing deeply repressed emotions and unexplored sexuality.

The actor-turned-director last helmed Don’t Worry Darling (2022), a thriller also starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll and Chris Pine.
She previously admitted to feeling liberated as a director. Wilde recalled feeling a “thrill of independence” while directing her first film. She told on a talk show, “For me, directing has been liberating in a way that is very profound because as an actor, you are very dependent. You’re dependent on people choosing you and people projecting a certain kind of definition onto you of a character. I think it’s quite an enormous responsibility to hold all of those projections. With being a director, there’s a sense of agency. I think the first time that I called action on my own set of my first film, I felt a thrill of independence for the first time. My value on a set was entirely based on my ideas and if I had an instinct to change a scene, I could do that. I think spending 20 years as an actor allowed me to really understand the value of having that type of independence.”

As per reports, besides The Invite, Wilde is set to helm Naughty, an upcoming Christmas comedy movie, and Avengelyne, a film adaptation of the comic book character.

Olivia Wilde’s slate

. The Invite
. Naughty
. Avengelyne

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