Andrew Garfield has tracked down a lead position reverse Julia Roberts in a brand new thriller from Luca Guadagnino that’s set on this planet of academia.

Garfield is in negotiations to star reverse Roberts within the forthcoming Amazon MGM Studios characteristic After the Hunt. Guadagnino (Challengers) is about to direct from a script by Nora Garrett, with the movie aiming to begin manufacturing this summer time.

Hailing from Think about Leisure, After the Hunt focuses on a university professor who’s pressured to confront her personal darkish previous when a distinguished scholar makes an accusation towards one in all her colleagues.

Think about’s Allan Mandelbaum introduced the script to the manufacturing firm and labored with CAA to land Roberts and Guadagnino. Guadagnino serves as a producer alongside Think about’s Mandelbaum and Brian Grazer.

Garfield is a two-time Oscar nominee who can subsequent be seen in A24 and Studio Canal’s romantic movie We Dwell in Time reverse Florence Pugh. Garfield’s current credit embrace starring within the FX collection Below the Banner of Heaven, for which he earned his first Emmy nomination, and reprising his position of Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Approach House. He’s repped by Gordon & French, CAA, ID and Sloane Provide.

Guadagnino is understood for guiding Name Me by Your Identify (2017), Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022). After the Hunt reunites him with Amazon MGM Studios, which launched his Zendaya-led movie Challengers final month. 

Roberts’ current movie credit embrace the Common romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise alongside George Clooney and final yr’s Netflix thriller Depart the World Behind that co-starred Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke.

Deadline was the primary to report the information of Garfield’s casting.