Not everything is quite what it seems in Olivia Wilde’s upcoming psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling, which sees Florence Pugh and Harry Styles living a seemingly idyllic 50s existence with some underlying mysteries from the company that provides them their pitch-perfect lifestyle.
Watch the trailer here…
Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950’s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank — equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tightknit desert utopia. While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives—including Frank’s elegant partner, Shelley —get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community.
Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise?
Directed by Olivia Wilde (Booksmart), Don’t Worry Darling stars Florence Pugh (Black Widow), Harry Styles (Eternals), Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy), Gemma Chan (Eternals), KiKi Layne (The Old Guard), and Chris Pine (Star Trek).
The film also stars Nick Kroll (How It Ends), Sydney Chandler (Pistol), Kate Berlant (Sorry to Bother You), Asif Ali (WandaVision), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Timothy Simons (Veep) and Ari’el Stachel (upcoming Respect the Jux).
The screenplay has been penned by Wilde’s Booksmart writer Katie Silberman, based on a story by Carey Van Dyke & Shane Van Dyke (Chernobyl Diaries) and Silberman.
Don’t Worry Darling will be released in the UK on 23rd September 2022 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch more trailers at the SciFiNow YouTube channel.
