Amanda Seyfried Is back at the musical theater park, and this time she puts the shaking (R) in her dance routine for the big screen. The actress leads Mona FastvoldS Musical Biopics ”Testament of Ann Lee“Depicts the titular religious leader who founded the Shaker movement in the late 1770s.
“The will of Ann Lee“Co -written by Fastvold and her” The Brutalist “collaborator and real partner Brady Corbet.” Ann Lee ”was announced in December 2024. It will premiere at 2025 Venice Film FestivalAnd later will appear on TIFF 50.
Christopher Abbott, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Stacy Martin, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Viola Prettejohn, David Cale and Jamie Bogyo Co-Star together with Seyfried. Ann Lee’s followers considered her the female Jesus Christ, and her worshiper prayed through singing and dance, thus the musical genre of the historical element. “The will of Ann Lee” is shot in 70 mm, as well as “Brutalist.”
The log line reads: “An epic fable about religious leader Ann Lee (Seyfried), who was explained by his followers as female Christ and continued to build one of the greatest utopian societies.”
“Ann Lee” features Original songs by Golden Globe -Nominated “The Brutalist” component Daniel Blumberg. Choreography comes from Celia Rowlson Hall, the dancer who played the adult Sophie in “Aftersun.”
“Testament of Ann Lee” is Seyfried’s First musical Since 2018’s “Mamma Mia! Here we go again.” She also sang in the first “Mamma Mia!” film 2008 and “Les Miserables” 2012. Seyfried has publicly complained about Missing of play glinda in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” Before Ariana Grande was cast.
Told seyfried Vanity The shooting Fastvold and Corbet’s Secret indie movie After packing the upcoming peacock Limited series “Long Bright River”, was tough. “I went to hell and back“Seyfried said about the demanding back-to-back projects, with the” will by Ann Lee “shot on site in Budapest, Hungary.
“Ann Lee” Helmer Fastvold previously directed 2021 period queer romance “The World to Come”, with Katherine Waterson and Vanessa Kirby. Fastvold and Corbet both “Ann Lee.”
“Testament of Ann Lee” is one of the many buzzy titles in competition on Venice. “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” Directed by Olivier Assayas, Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Yorgos Lanthimos “Bugonia,” Benny Safdie’s ” Other Choice, “and Jim Jarmusch’s” Father Mother Sister Brother “is also among the features of the competition.
