‘The End Of Getting Lost’: Margaret Qualley To EP & Star In Thriller From ‘Mustang’ Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Producer Dakota Johnson; ‘Normal People’s Paul Mescal In Talks
deadline.comMargaret Qualley (Maid, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) has signed on to exec produce and star in The End of Getting Lost, an Amazon Studios thriller from Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, which also has Paul Mescal (The Lost Daughter, Normal People) in talks to co-star, Deadline has confirmed.The film is based on a novel of the same name by Robin Kirman, which Simon & Schuster will publish on February 15.
In this dark, cunning love tale set against 1990s Europe, we follow a young couple, Gina (Qualley) and Duncan (Mescal), on what Duncan claims is their honeymoon—but after Gina suffers a mysterious accident, we’re brought into a dizzying journey where we toggle between past and present, husband and wife, to uncover a portrait of love’s power, as well as its dangers.
As the pair hop borders across Europe, their former lives threatening to catch up with them while the truth grows more elusive, we witness how love can lead us astray, as well as what it means to lose oneself in love…Kirman is adapting the screenplay, with Dakota Johnson and Ro Donnelley producing under their TeaTime Pictures banner.Qualley is an Emmy nominee who recently drew SAG and Golden Globe noms for her turn in the Netflix series, Maid, based on the book by Stephanie Land.
She’s also appeared in films including My Salinger Year, Seberg, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Native Son, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, Novitiate, The Nice Guys and Palo Alto, along with the series Fosse/Verdon and The Leftovers.Mescal broke out with his Emmy-nominated turn opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones in the Hulu romantic drama series Normal People, based on the novel by Sally Rooney, and most recently appeared in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s acclaimed Netflix drama The Lost Daughter,
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