Amanda Seyfried and Chloe director Atom Egoyan for Seven Veils

Seyfried will portray a theater director whose new project evokes past trauma.

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Amanda Seyfried And chloe Directors Atom Egoyan are reuniting for the upcoming drama Seven Veils. The two collaborated on the 2009 erotic thriller chloe, with Seyfried portraying the title character. For Seven Veils, Emmy Award-winning actress will play Jeanine, a theater director tasked with restaging her former mentor’s most famous work, an adaptation of Salomé, an opera by the composer Richard Strauss, based on Oscar Wilde’s play. When Jeanine re-enters the world of opera, repressed traumas surface.

In addition to directing, Egoyan wrote the film, which serves as an extension of his Salomé Revival for the Canadian Opera Company. The production debuted on February 3 to critical acclaim.

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“I first produced Salome for the Canadian Opera Company almost 30 years ago and was haunted by his themes. This is a project I’ve dreamed of for years and it’s so exciting to be reunited with Amanda after the amazing experience we’ve had together Chloé”, Egoyan said in a statement.

Egoyan’s feature film debut as a director was in 1984 next of kin. Since then he has directed other feature films, television films and the documentary citadel. His most successful works are widely recognized The sweet afterlife, which earned him two Academy Award nominations; And chloehis greatest commercial success.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, filming for Seven Veils scheduled to begin in Toronto next week. Egoyan will also serve as producer along with Niv Fichman, Simone Urdl, Fraser Ash and Kevin Krikst. Executive producers are Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray and Nick Spicer of XYZ Films, John Sloss of Cinetic Media, and Noah Segel and Adrian Love of Elevation Pictures. XYZ Films will introduce Seven Veils the buyers during the European Film Market in Berlin. In Canada, the film will be released by Elevation Pictures.

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Amanda Seyfried’s career

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Seyfried rose to popularity after her portrayal of the dizzying Karen Smith in the cult classic mean girls. She has acted in a number of films including romance films such as Dear John And letters to Juliathe musicals Mamma Mia! And Les Miserables, and the horror comedy Jennifer’s body. In 2020 she appeared in David Finchers Manan Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Marion Davies.

In 2022, she starred in Hulu’s The Dropout. Seyfried received her first Emmy Award for her portrayal of the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Seyfried will appear next on AppleTV+ The crowded rooma series based on real-life stories about people with mental illness.

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