EXCLUSIVE: In what would mark is acting debut in a feature film, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is teaming with Trey Edward Shults on a new untitled film as he is set to star along with Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
Shults will direct from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.
Plot details are being kept under wraps with the film currently in production. Shults and Tesfaye have been secretly working on the film for months with Ortega and Keoghan signing on after being blown away by the script.
Ortega and Keoghan have been two of the more sought after talents in town with the each of them sorting through several offers but the opportunity to work with Shultz and The Weeknd was too good to pass up.
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