Amanda Seyfried reunited with Atom Egoyan for Seven Veils

The Dropout star Amanda Seyfried stars in Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils.

Filming on the “Chloe” director’s latest movie is set to begin next week in Toronto. The film stars Seyfried as Jeanine, a serious theater director who has been given the daunting task of restaging her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome.

Haunted by dark memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after many years.

“Seven Veils” is written and directed by Egoyan, who is also producing the film alongside Niv Fichman, Simone Urdl, Fraser Ash and Kevin Krikst.

“Seven Veils” is a Rhombus Media and Ego Film Arts Production produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada in association with Cinetic Media, IPR.VC, XYZ Films and the Canadian Opera Company. XYZ’s Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray and Nick Spicer will serve as executive producers, along with Cinetic Media’s John Sloss and Elevation Pictures’ Noah Segal and Adrian Love.

Seyfried recently won an Emmy for her portrayal of the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout. The actress previously worked with Egoyan on the film Chloe, in which she starred alongside Julianne Moore. She also received an Oscar nomination in 2021 for her role in David Fincher’s Mank.

Egoyan said: “I first produced ‘Salome’ for the Canadian Opera Company almost 30 years ago and have been haunted by its 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 had together making ‘Chloe’.”

Seven Veils is a recast from XYZ Films, IPR.VC and Rhombus Media, who previously produced and co-financed Matt Johnson’s highly anticipated Blackberry, which will premiere in competition at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival and was acquired by IFC Films for the US last year.

XYZ Films co-financed “Seven Veils” and will introduce the project to buyers in Berlin. Elevation Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.

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