Adria Arjona and Kingsley Ben-Adir will discover that finding love can be a dangerous game in Scorn, an erotic thriller gearing up to shoot in the U.K. at the end of the month.
Sarah-Violet Bliss, known for co-creating the HBO Max show Search Party, wrote the script and will direct for Topic Studios.
“A woman begins a passionate affair with a married man. When he then tries to re-cast their love as just a fling, she refuses to go away quietly,” reads the logline.
The Batman producer Dylan Clark will produce via his Dylan Clark Productions, along with Brian Williams. Aftersun producer Amy Jackson will also produce for Unified.
Arjona has a breakout few years that included starring opposite Glen Powell in Richard Linklater’s Hitman and playing Bix Caleen in Andor, Lucasflim’s critical darling Star Wars series. She recently wrapped Michael B. Jordan’s The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios, and starred in and executive produced Splitsville for Topic Studios and Neon.
Ben-Adir earned strong reviews for his work as Bob Marley in the 20254 biopic One Love, which was a sleeper hit that earned more than $180 million globally. He played the villain in Marvel and Disney+’s Secret Invasion series and had a role in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. He recently wrapped The Arrival, filmmaker Bijan Shebani’s adaptation of his play.
Arjona is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Goodman, Genow. Ben-Adir is repped by B-Side Management, CAA and Range Media. Bliss is repped by UTA, Rise Management and Jackoway Austen.
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