{"id":7043,"date":"2025-05-12T09:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7043"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:04:20","slug":"oscar-winner-mikey-madison-lines-up-first-post-award-project-alongside-kirsten-dunst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7043","title":{"rendered":"Oscar winner Mikey Madison lines up first post-award project alongside Kirsten Dunst"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fresh off her Oscar win for Anora, Mikey Madison has lined up her first major project and it\u2019s already turning heads.<\/p>\n

While Demi Moore was heavily favored to win Best Actress at this year\u2019s Academy Awards, Madison shocked the industry by taking home the trophy instead.<\/p>\n

Following Anora’s impressive haul of five Academy Awards and Madison\u2019s unexpected win, fans and insiders alike have been speculating about her next move.<\/p>\n

Many assumed she would follow the traditional path of joining a major franchise.<\/p>\n

In fact, Madison was reportedly offered a role in Shawn Levy\u2019s upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling. The project, with its franchise pedigree and blockbuster potential, seemed like a natural next step for a rising star.<\/p>\n

However, Madison has instead chosen something more offbeat and personal: she will star in Reptilia, a psychological thriller co-starring Kirsten Dunst.<\/p>\n

As reported by Variety, Reptilia centers on a mysterious mermaid who lures a dental hygienist into the dangerous underworld of Florida\u2019s exotic animal trade.<\/p>\n

The film will be directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarr\u00eda, whose 2019 feature Monos earned acclaim and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at Sundance.<\/p>\n

The script for Reptilia is co-written by Landes Echavarr\u00eda and Duke Merriman, promising a unique and atmospheric entry into the thriller genre.<\/p>\n

This choice reflects Madison\u2019s inclination toward bold, character-driven films over formulaic blockbusters.<\/p>\n

While she has experience in franchise fare, appearing in 2022\u2019s Scream and the 2019 animated Addams Family,\u00a0her standout work has come in more singular stories like Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Anora.<\/p>\n

By turning down a role in one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest franchises in favor of a smaller, visionary thriller, Madison is clearly signaling that she\u2019s choosing artistic direction over conventional star-making.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fresh off her Oscar win for Anora, Mikey Madison has lined up her first major project and it\u2019s already turning heads. While Demi Moore was heavily favored to win Best Actress at this year\u2019s Academy Awards, Madison shocked the industry by taking home the trophy instead. Following Anora’s impressive haul of five Academy Awards and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}