Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes Join Dark Comedy ‘The Menu’

Searchlight Pictures introduced on Monday that “The Queen’s Gambit” star Anya Taylor-Joy will star alongside Ralph Fiennes in “The Menu,” a darkish comedy/psychological thriller produced by Adam McKay and directed by Mark Mylod.

Taylor-Joy will play a girl who travels together with her boyfriend to an unique restaurant on a distant island to pattern a serving menu from an acclaimed chef performed by Fiennes. Mylod, who has directed episodes of hit HBO sequence like “Succession” and “Game of Thrones,” will direct from a BlackList-selected script by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. McKay will produce with Betsy Koch by way of his Hyperobject Industries banner, with DanTram Nguyen and Zahra Phillips overseeing the undertaking for Searchlight.

Anya Taylor-Joy is anticipated to be an Emmy contender this yr after her efficiency within the Netflix restricted sequence “The Queen’s Gambit” as a chess prodigy who turns into one of many high gamers on the earth whereas coping with substance abuse. Other future initiatives embrace “The Northman,” which can reunite her with “The Witch” director Robert Eggers, in addition to Edgar Wright’s “Last Night In Soho” and George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa.”

Fiennes, a two-time Oscar nominee, can be slated to return as M within the James Bond movie “No Time to Die” and star within the “Kingsmen” prequel “The King’s Man” for 20th Century Studios.

Taylor-Joy and Fiennes are repped by CAA, and the casting was first reported by Deadline.