Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Riley Keough to Star in

Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody and Riley Keough will star in “Manodrome,” a thriller from South African director John Trengrove as he makes his English-language directorial debut.

“Manodrome” is being introduced to patrons and financiers on the Cannes digital market this week, and the movie is described as a “nihilistic thriller” about an Uber driver and aspiring bodybuilder (Eisenberg) who’s inducted right into a libertarian masculinity cult and loses his grip on actuality when his repressed needs are woke up. Trengrove additionally wrote the script.

Riley Keough may even produce by way of her banner Felix Culpa with Gina Gammell and Ryan Zacaria, as is Ben Giladi’s Rainmaker Entertainment. CAA Media Finance are arranging the financing and characterize the movie’s home rights.

“The Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg is in post-production on “When You Finish Saving the World” for A24, which is his directorial debut that stars Julianne Moore. Keough will subsequent be seen in A24’s “Zola” and the Amazon collection “Daisy Jones & The Six.” Adrien Brody will subsequent be seen in Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” that’s taking part in at Cannes, and he’s additionally to star in Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” Adam McKay’s untitled Los Angeles Lakers undertaking, the Stephen King collection “Chapelwaite” and the third season of “Succession.”

Trengrove is the director of “The Wound,” which was within the Xhosa language and was shortlisted for the International Feature race for the Oscars.

Eisenberg is represented by CAA and Felker, Toczek, Gellman, Suddleson. Brody is represented by CAA. Keough is represented by CAA, Thirty Three Management, The Lede Company and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman. Trengrove is represented by CAA and Independent Talent Group.