EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Academy Award-nominated Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook) is set to star alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, and Norman Reedus in the Darren Aronofsky-produced feature Pendulum. The horror title is currently shooting in New Mexico.
From screenwriter and director Mark Heyman (Black Swan), Pendulum follows young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail (Dynevor) on a journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of recovering with the much-revered mystical healer Ella-Rose (Weaver) after going through a traumatic event.
Patrick is willing to do anything to help his wife, but becomes distrustful of Ella-Rose even as Abigail falls under her spell. As paranoia builds, the couple must determine if Ella-Rose’s intense spiritual practices offer genuine healing or mask a terrifying truth that threatens to consume them both.
Darren Aronofsky is producing for Protozoa, Jacob Jaffke (MaXXXine), and Élan Klein Jaffke for Motel Mojave and Dave Caplan (Longlegs) for C2, which will also fully finance. Black Bear is handling international sales and will continue shopping the project at the Cannes market. UTA Independent Film Group, CAA Media Finance, and WME Independent hold domestic rights.
Weaver is best known outside of her native Australia for her performance in the David Michôd feature Animal Kingdom (2010), for which she was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also received a National Board of Review Award, her third Australian Film Institute Award, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama. Subsequently, Weaver received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook.
On the TV front, Weaver was a lead in FX’s limited series Clipped, where she stars as Shelly Sterling, the co-owner of the LA Clippers and wife of Donald Sterling. She can also be seen in a starring role on the Apple TV series, Hello Tomorrow!, in a large recurring arc in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone, and the lead in the Australian series Bloom. For more than 50 years, Weaver has amassed credits in fim, TV and theater as well as awards and other accolades.
She is repped by Elevate Entertainment and CAA.
