Charli XCX attends the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Charli XCX’s film The Moment has found its cast.
Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott and Kate Berlant are among the names set to star alongside the brat singer in the upcoming A24 film. The cast was revealed in a strobing teaser Thursday set to the tune of Charli’s hit “I Love It” with Icona Pop.
Alexander Skarsgård and Rosanna Arquette will also costar.
The Moment, directed by Aidan Zamiri, is based on an original idea by Charli, about a pop star grappling with the complexities of fame as she prepares for her first arena tour.
Charli continues to rack up her IMDb credits. In addition to The Moment, she’s involved in the upcoming movies Faces of Death, Sacrifice, I Want Your Sex, Erupcja and The Gallerist. She’s also written original songs for the upcoming Emerald Fennell film, Wuthering Heights.
Nicholas Sparks poses at the opening night of the new musical based on the film ‘The Notebook’ on Broadway at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 14, 2024, in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage via Getty Images)
Nicholas Sparks is known for his romance novels, many of which have been adapted into feature films. The author has teamed up with director M. Night Shyamalan for a new supernatural love story, and he recently told Variety the collaboration was a long time coming.
“A long time ago, way back when The Notebook was being adapted for the screen, they approached a writer to write the script — it was M. Night Shyamalan,” Sparks said to the outlet. “He was busy writing this movie, The Sixth Sense. I don’t know if you’ve heard of that movie. I wonder how that eventually did?”
Now, Sparks and Shyamalan have created the new book Remain, which debuts in bookstores on Tuesday. A film adaptation directed by Shyamalan starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor is also on the way.
The pair set out on their collaborative journey by pitching ideas that combined their respective genres: romance and sci-fi. Sparks wrote the novel based on an idea pitched by Shyamalan, and then Shyamalan wrote the film’s screenplay. Another concept, based on a pitch from Sparks, could be possible down the line, the author says.
“If this all works, and we’re in between projects we might do mine. It’s a good love story, little scary,” Sparks said.
As for spoiler-free teases of what fans can expect from Remain, Sparks opened up the possibility of the novel and the upcoming film adaptation not being exactly the same.
“One of the questions I asked Night about is, ‘Do you want the ending to be the same? Do you want the twist to be the same?’” Sparks said. “And we made a decision about that. You’ve gotta read the book and see the movie.”
‘One Battle After Another’ main poster (Alon Amir)
Paul Thomas Anderson‘s One Battle After Another topped the box office this weekend, taking in $22.4 million.
The comedy action thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is loosely based on Thomas Pynchon‘s 1990 novel Vineland, about a former revolutionary living off the grid who is forced out of hiding when his enemy resurfaces.
Coming at number two this week is the children’s film Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie with $13.7 million. The week’s only other new release to crack the top 10 is the horror sequel The Strangers: Chapter 2, coming in at number five with $5.9 million.
1. One Battle After Another — $22.4 million 2. Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie — $13.7 million 3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie – Infinity Castle — $7.1 million 4. The Conjuring: Last Rites — $6.86 million 5. The Strangers: Chapter 2 — $5.9 million 6. Him — $3.65 million 7. The Long Walk — $3.4 million 8. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — $3.3 million 9. Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2/Spider-Man 3 — $2.25 million 10. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — $1.25 million
(L to R) Fred Hechinger as Skinner amd Sebiye Behtiyar as Aishe in ‘Preparation for the Next Life,’ from Amazon MGM Studios. (Photo Credit: Jaclyn Martinez)
Preparation for the Next Life follows an undocumented immigrant and a U.S. war veteran who find an unexpected connection in one another.
Sebiye Behtiyar [seh-BEE-ya BEH-tee-yar] makes her feature film debut as Uyghur [WEE-gur] immigrant Aishe, who’s trying to make a life for herself in New York City. She forms a bond with troubled young war veteran Skinner, played by Fred Hechinger [HECK-in-jurr], and together they try to imagine a better future for themselves.
Behtiyar, who is of Uyghur descent and speaks three languages like her character, felt an immediate connection to the project, but didn’t assume she’d get the role because she was only just starting out.
“I wasn’t prepared for such a complex character as Aishe, but meeting all those incredible people [in the cast and crew] just gave me so [much] strength and support and love to just bring a little bit [of] myself and my understanding of this character,” she tells ABC Audio.
Hechinger says every cast and crew member “felt like they had a personal investment in the movie,” and both he and Behtiyar are eager for audiences to connect with the story as well, particularly given what’s going on with immigration in the U.S. today.
Behtiyar says she hopes the film reminds people we are all human beings who “share feelings” and “face different kinds of pain.”
“We made this movie because it spoke to our hearts and our lives,” Hechinger adds. “And it’s kind of wild that it’s coming out when it’s become even more relevant and important in that way, but I really just think everyone seeing it with their open heart is what counts.”
