Champagne, cocktails, and a luxury party. Put those in any order and it seems like a hit, but what if I added murder to that list? That’s , Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut which comes with plenty of glitz, glam, and a spine-tingling twist. The film, which is due to be released on 23 August, is a particularly personal project for Kravitz, who met her fiancé Channing Tatum while casting for the thriller.
Kravitz personally scouted the actor to star as Slater King in the movie, which also stars British actress Naomi Ackie. Actress and director Kravitz has been working on the project since 2017, telling , she ‘didn't feel like she would be able to handle trusting somebody else to bring this to life’. She explained, ‘By the time we were really talking about actually making the film, I could see this world and these characters so clearly in my mind.
’ Kravitz began shooting the film in 2022, and two years later it's almost ready for premiere. The plot follows a cocktail waitress named Frida (played by Ackie) and her friend Jess who are invited by tech billionaire, Slater King (Tatum), to his private island where he is hosting a lavish party. But all is not what it seems.
.. Speaking of his own process in creating the film's villainous main character, Channing said he would never tell anybody about what he had to ‘create’ inside his own mind to play the character.
He told 'He’s a psychopath'. Meanwhile Kravitz revealed she had wanted to create a situation where cha.