Margot Robbie to Star in A24's 'The Week of Pain' From 'The Drama' Director Kristoffer Borgli
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Margot Robbie has booked her next movie role — and it is one of the most exciting director-actor pairings in Hollywood right now.
On Friday, November 13, Deadline reported that the 36-year-old Oscar-nominated actress has signed on to star in The Week of Pain, the new film from Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli. A24 will finance and produce the movie, with Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster's Square Peg producing alongside Dilemma Films and Robbie's own production company, LuckyChap Entertainment.
Borgli will also write the screenplay himself, as he has done on his previous films. As of right now, plot details are being kept completely under wraps — no story hints, no character details, and no release date have been announced. Filming is targeted for 2027, according to reports.
It will mark Robbie's first feature film as an actor for A24, the studio behind some of the most talked-about films of the past decade.
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The pairing makes sense when you look at what Borgli has just achieved. His latest film, The Drama, a dark romantic comedy starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya as a couple whose wedding week is derailed by a childhood secret, became one of A24's biggest films of the year, grossing $135 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of just $28 million.
Borgli first broke through with the black comedy Sick of Myself in 2022, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, followed by the Nicolas Cage film Dream Scenario in 2023. Both were collaborations with Square Peg, and The Week of Pain now reunites the same team — Borgli, A24 and Square Peg — for a third time.
According to Deadline, Robbie has been a fan of Borgli's work for a while and was enthusiastic about clearing her schedule for the film next year.
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The Week of Pain will be Robbie's first feature after her upcoming Ocean's Eleven prequel, directed by and co-starring Bradley Cooper, which she is currently filming and which is due in cinemas in 2027.
Her recent run has been remarkable. After Barbie became a global phenomenon, Robbie has carefully chosen projects that mix blockbuster scale with distinctive directors — and Borgli, with his sharp eye for uncomfortable human relationships and dark comedy, fits that pattern perfectly.
Borgli's films are known for their uncomfortable humour and their sharp look at modern life — from a woman who fakes an illness for attention in Sick of Myself to a man whose face appears in everyone's dreams in Dream Scenario. Robbie, meanwhile, has built LuckyChap into one of Hollywood's most respected production companies, with hits including Barbie, Promising Young Woman and Saltburn on its slate. Putting those two sensibilities together is exactly why this announcement has set film fans talking.
For A24, landing Robbie is another major statement. The studio has built its reputation on filmmaker-driven films, and pairing one of the world's biggest movie stars with one of its most distinctive directors is exactly the kind of move that gets the film world talking.
With the plot still a secret and filming a year away, fans will have to wait to find out what The Week of Pain actually is. But given Borgli's track record — and Robbie's star power — it is already one of the most anticipated films on Hollywood's slate. Sony is pushing Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Brand New Day for a Best Picture Oscar, and James Bond casting is accelerating as director Denis Villeneuve says he's "pushing the gas" — a huge week for movie news.
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