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Every March, hundreds of thousands of people descend on the city of Austin, TX for SXSW — making it one of the biggest professional events in the world. The storied Film and TV Festival serves as a launching pad for big Hollywood blockbusters and indie gems alike, meaning that attendees are sure to walk away having discovered the next big thing.

We at FandomWire are excited to again be covering the SXSW Film and TV Festival. If you are going to be in beautiful Austin, TX for the city’s top cinematic event of the year, here are a few films — five narrative and five non-fiction — that we think you should check out at this year’s festival.

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The trailer for Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones‘ new movie has been released!

The two actors star alongside Diego Calva, Will Poulter, and Sasha Calle in the new movie On Swift Horses from director Daniel Minahan.

Based on the novel of the same name by Shannon Pufahl, the movie is described as a queer love story during a time when queerness wasn’t celebrated or accepted.

Keep reading to find out more…Jacob stars as Julius, a Korean war veteran that’s moving in with his brother Lee and Lee’s wife, Muriel. Eventually, the brothers part and Julius finds himself in Las Vegas working as a mole to catch cheaters in casinos. While there, he meets Henry, played by Diego. Julius and Henry feel a natural pull towards each other and eventually begin a romance that they must hide from everyone around them.

In an interview from September 2024, Jacob...

Following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, where it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, Daniel Minahan’s adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel “On Swift Horses” will be released in the U.S. on April 25, 2025.

The film is set during the 1950s and stars Will Poulter as a returning Korean War vet, Lee, who decides to make a new life for himself and his wife, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), in California. This plan is challenged when Lee’s brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi) — also a vet — decides to join them out west. As Lee and Muriel explore parts of themselves they’d kept hidden, their lives become the kind of gamble both can’t seem to let go of. Watch the new trailer for the film below.

In our review out of TIFF, IndieWire wrote of the film, “‘On Swift Horses’ is a stunning tableau of almost-romances,...

Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses” has everything a distributor could want on paper. It’s a film adaptation of a recent bestseller (Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel of the same name); it stars several up-and-coming Hollywood stars, like Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, and Will Poulter. And the film had a buzzy world premiere at TIFF last September.

Continue reading ‘On Swift Horses’ Trailer: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi & Will Poulter Star In Postwar Western Romantic Drama On April 25 at The Playlist.

Sporting quite the cast of up-and-coming talent, On Swift Horses, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle premiered at TIFF last fall and will now get a showcase at SXSW ahead of an April 25 release. Ahead of the roll-out, Sony Pictures Classics have now debuted the first trailer for Daniel Minahan’s 1950s-set melodrama.

Here’s the synopsis: “Muriel (Daisy Edgar Jones) and her husband Lee (Will Poulter) are beginning a bright new life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on...

One of the hottest sales titles at TIFF 2024 is finally hitting theaters. Sony Pictures Classics will release “On Swift Horses,” the period war drama and romance from director Daniel Minahan this April, after it closes out the SXSW Film & TV Festival next month.

“On Swift Horses” features a cast that’s as buzzy as it gets with Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Will Poulter, and is based on a novel by Shannon Pufahl with a screenplay by Bryce Kass. The film also stars Sasha Calle and Diego Calva.

The film follows Muriel and her husband Lee as they are beginning a bright new life in California upon Lee’s return from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the...

In the wake of news that On Swift Horses is closing SXSW, Sony Pictures Classics has set an April 25 theatrical release for the Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones drama.

Based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, the film is directed by Daniel Minahan (Deadwood: The Movie) and follows Muriel and her husband Lee as they are beginning a bright new life in California upon Lee’s return from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and exploring a love she never dreamed possible. Will Poulter, Sasha Calle and Diego Calva also star.

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The highly-anticipated Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi romance “On Swift Horses” will make its U.S. premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival. The film’s start marks the festival’s end.

IndieWire can announce that the epic from “Fellow Travelers” director Daniel Minahan is the Closing Night feature for SXSW. As previously confirmed, “Another Simple Favor” will make its world premiere as the Opening Night selection; Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Apple TV+ series “The Studio” is the Opening Night TV premiere. Check out the full SXSW Film & TV Festival lineup here.

“On Swift Horses” stars Elordi as veteran Julius, who upends his brother’s (Will Poulter) newlywed bliss after he returns from the Korean War, as his appearance sparks something unexpected in his new sister-in-law (Edgar-Jones). “On Swift Horses” is based on the 2019 novel by Shannon Pufahl, and Bryce Kass adapted the novel for the screen.

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For the first time since 2022, this year’s South by Southwest Film & Television Festival does not overlap with the Oscars — which seems to have given SXSW curators a richer field to pull from, as the 2025 lineup has no shortage of buzzy titles and stars. Running from March 7-15, the festival will present 111 movies and 17 series featuring the likes of Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Issa Rae, Jenna Ortega, Daveed Diggs and more.

The festival will open with “Another Simple Favor,” the sequel to the 2018 comedic thriller “A Simple Favor,” once again starring Lively and Kendrick and directed by Paul Feig. The new film is set in Capri, Italy, where Stephanie (Kendrick) and Emily (Lively) travel for Emily’s wedding to a rich Italian businessman; as the logline reveals, “murder and betrayal” ensue. Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Henry Golding, Elizabeth Perkins,...

The fall festival season has wrapped up! Each year, dozens of movies premiere at festivals with distributors looking to launch them before they’re released in theaters or on streaming services. But dozens more are independent films without distribution that came to the festivals looking to be discovered. This year, over 200 movies made their world premieres across the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival, and we’ve seen some big name movie sales across all four.

Right as Venice got underway, we saw U.S. deals for two of the biggest competition titles on the slate, Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” to Netflix and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” to A24. A24 also picked up the rights to Venice Silver Lion winner “The Brutalist” in a competitive situation. And some of the hottest discoveries like “Nutcrackers,” “September 5,” and TIFF Audience...

As deals continue to trickle in from last month’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Sony Pictures Classics said it has acquired North America and multiple territories to the drama On Swift Horses starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi.

The company has also taken Latin America, Turkey, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, India, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

Daniel Minahan directed from Bryce Kass’s adaptation of the novel by Shannon Pufahl. Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, who along with her husband Lee (Will Poulter) starts a new life in the American West after Lee returns from the Korean War.

Their apparent...

As deals continue to trickle in from last month’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Sony Pictures Classics said it has acquired North America and multiple territories to the drama On Swift Horses starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi.

The company has also taken Latin America, Turkey, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, India, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

Daniel Minahan directed from Bryce Kass’s adaptation of the novel by Shannon Pufahl. Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, who along with her husband Lee (Will Poulter) starts a new life in the American West after Lee returns from the Korean War.

Their apparent...

On the heels of the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the romantic drama “On Swift Horses” starring Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones. SPC has rights in North America, Latin America, Turkey, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, India, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

Directed by Daniel Minihan (“Fellow Travelers”), the film is based on the Shannon Pufahl novel of the same name and follows Muriel and her husband Lee as they are beginning a bright new life in California upon Lee’s return from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own,...

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Director Daniel Minahan and screenwriter Bryce Kass bring Shannon Pufahl's 2019 novel to life in On Swift Horses, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7. It takes place in the 1950s but follows characters who do not quite fit into the stereotype of the so-called "American dream." Newlyweds Muriel (played by Twisters star Daisy-Edgar Jones) and Lee have left Kansas for San Diego in order to start a family and plan for the future, while Lee's brother Julius has no plans for his future upon his return from the Korean War.

While doing pit surveillance at a casino in Las Vegas, Julius (played by Euphoria's Jacob Elordi) strikes up a correspondence with Muriel, and they both find their lives following parallel paths. Neither one is content with the course that has been laid out for them, as testified...

In recent years, we have seen a revitalization in the viability of adaptations of adult fiction books. Where the Crawdads Sing was huge in 2022, and just this year, It Ends With Us has become one of the year’s biggest successes. On Swift Horses seems poised to continue that trend, starring some of the buzziest actors working in Hollywood today in a compelling, unexpectedly nuanced romantic drama.

On Swift Horses Review

Based on the popular novel by Shannon Pufahl, On Swift Horses follows a small-town waitress (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her husband’s brother (Jacob Elordi) as they find excitement and unexpected love in the worlds of gambling. As the movie begins, it seems likely to be a relatively standard love triangle melodrama, but it quickly shows itself to have much deeper nuance.

Unfortunately, it would not be possible to discuss the themes the film explores without spoiling its “twist.” Although...

Jacob Elordi is opening up about his steamy scenes with co-star Diego Calva in their upcoming movie On Swift Horses and the first images from the film have been released.

Also starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, the movie is described as a queer love story during a time when queerness wasn’t celebrated or accepted.

Jacob stars as Julius, a Korean war veteran that’s moving in with his brother Lee and Lee’s wife, Muriel. Eventually, the brothers part and Julius finds himself in Las Vegas working as a mole to catch cheaters in casinos. While there, he meets Henry, played by Diego. Julius and Henry feel a natural pull towards each other and eventually begin a romance that they must hide from everyone around them.

According to Jacob during an interview with Vanity Fair, he and Diego went through a lot to get the scenes just right. “We had a...

Daisy Edgar-Jones cites admiration as her first draw to the buzzy TIFF film On Swift Horses. “I loved the producers behind the film. I love Call Me by Your Name and Nomadland, so I was so excited about them taking this project on,” she says of Peter Spears and Mollye Asher while seated alongside her co-star Will Poulter in the middle of a busy press day at the Toronto Film Festival, where the film made its world premiere Sept. 8.

“And then I read the script, and I thought it was so beautiful and lyrical and just this kind of gorgeous exploration of love and self-discovery.” Her cherry on top? “When I found out the cast — Will, Jacob [Elordi], Sasha [Calle] and Diego [Calva] — I was like this is such a cool opportunity to be in a period film with a really exciting young cast.”

Set in the 1950s, the film, adapted from author...

It’s been some time since we’ve had such a ridiculously attractive lineup of buzzworthy young actors as the quartet starring in Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses. Daisy Edgar-Jones, the tremendously talented star of Twisters and Normal People, is Muriel, a young woman in 1950s Kansas. Her soon-to-be husband, Lee, is played by Will Poulter, who has shined in everything from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to Kathryn Bigelow’s underrated Detroit. Returning from Korea––and making his introduction to Muriel shirtless, reclining on a car––is Lee’s brother, Julius. Yes, friends: the devil-may-care Julius is played by Jacob Elordi. I have not even gotten to the characters played by Babylon’s Diego Calva and Sasha Calle, a.k.a., the best thing about The Flash.

It’s somehow fitting that the film featuring this group is a soapy slice of ’50s melodrama, one ultimately centered...

Toronto – Queer characters hiding their true selves in the 1950s and early 1960s America is becoming something of its own subgenre. There is already Todd Haynes’ acclaimed melodrama “Carol,” Tom Ford’s “A Single Man,” Bill Condon’s “Gods and Monsters,” and a whole storyline in Stephen Daldry’s “The Hours.” All four of those films also have something in common, they are revered contemporary classics. It gives us no pleasure to report that Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses,” an adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel, won’t join those particular films in critical or audience acclaim.

Continue reading ‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Jacob Elordi & Daisy Edgar-Jones Can’t Spark This Queer Drama [TIFF] at The Playlist.

After directing episodes for “Six Feet Under,” “Game of Thrones,” and, most recently, “Fellow Travelers,” Daniel Minahan returns to direct his first feature film in over 20 years. “On Swift Horses” stars a powerhouse cast that includes Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Diego Calva, Will Poulter and Sasha Calle. The film is based on the queer novel by Shannon Pufahl, and centers on newlyweds Muriel and Lee who are beginning a new life when he returns from the Korean War.

The chemistry among all the characters has been teased as palpable and infectious. While most of the promotional first look images thus far have teased both Edgar-Jones’ and Elordi’s characters together, she says that they don’t have a ton of scenes together and that building chemistry with him “was not too difficult.”

“It was really important that in those scenes that you felt that [chemistry],” she told IndieWire at the film’s premiere at TIFF.

Its all luck really, says one character in On Swift Horses, a 1950s set queer drama starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi. Though this character meets Edgar-Jones Muriel through gambling on horse races, the luck shes referring to encompasses so much more. The lives theyre leading, meeting clandestinely in a queer bar in downtown San Diego, two husbands at home waiting for them; how theyve been able to explore their desires in a way that other characters in the film cannot.

At the Q&a after the premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, On Swift Horses director Daniel Minahan said the film is a re-imagining of the American Dream through a queer lens, and the accompanying story, based on the novel of the same name by Shannon Pufahl, is fittingly elegiac. Though the script fails to follow through on some of its promises, the subtext is there and Elordi,...

Rolling into cinemas is Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Roads, a heartstring-tugging ride back to 1950s America where not everything is as simple as the surface suggests. Helming his first big screen feature since 2001, Minahan adapts Shannon Pufahl’s novel to peer beneath the hoods of seemingly straightforward postwar lives. As the director pilots this tour through repressive eras past, a standout cast hit all the right emotional notes.

We’re introduced to Muriel, dutifully playing the part of small town wife, and Julius, a gambler drifting wherever the wind blows. But cracks soon emerge in their façades. Muriel finds herself drawn elsewhere despite vowing before God and country, while Julius connects with like-minded souls at the fringes. Pursuing hidden truths tests their endurance on a bumpy road with peril lurking around each bend. Though pressured to conform, their spirits long to gallop free across forbidden plains.

Minahan invokes the...

The young cast of On Swift Horses lit up the Toronto International Film Festival red carpet on Saturday for the movie’s world premiere.

Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones and director Daniel Minahan were in attendance at the Princess of Wales Theatre to debut their noir-ish queer love story from screenwriter Bryce Kass, based on the Shannon Pufahl novel of the same name.

Also walking the red carpet were co-stars Sasha Calle, Diego Calva, Will Poulter and Kat Cunning.

Set in the 1950s, Edgar-Jones stars as Muriel, who sets off to California with husband Lee (Poulter) to begin a new life following his return from the Korean War. But when Lee’s brother Julius (Elordi) visits, he opens Muriel up to the world of gambling and a love she never expected.

Produced by Peter Spears, Daniel Minahan, Tim Headington, Mollye Asher, Theresa Steele Page and Michael D’Alto, On Swift Horses is looking for distribution.

Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones brought some heat to a chilly September night as “On Swift Horses” premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The queer drama follows a card shark and his sister-in-law as they navigate their hidden desires during the height of the 1950s, an era where acting on these impulses could lead to ruin. It’s an erotically charged film, one that features plenty of sex between Elordi’s character, Julius, and Diego Calva, who smolders as a con man who becomes entangled with the mysterious loner. Edgar-Jones, who plays Muriel, the wife of Julius’ brother (Will Poulter), also engages in a steamy affair with Sandra, a bohemian neighbor played by Sasha Calle.

In a Q&a following the screening, “On Swift Horses” director Daniel Minahan said he was drawn to the story because it offered “a re-imagining of the American dream, except through a queer lens.” The...

Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones are heating up the red carpet while attending the premiere of their new movie On Swift Horses at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival!

On Saturday (September 7), the costars posed together outside Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

For the occasion, Jacob, 27, looked stylish in an olive suit, which he paired with a white dress shirt. Daisy, 26, wore a sheer blue dress with a graceful train.

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They were joined at the event by castmates Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle and Cat Cunning. Director Daniel Minahan, screenwriter Bryce Kass and author Shannon Pufahl were also present. We’ve got photos of everyone in the gallery!

Here’s a synopsis of the movie, via Deadline: It “follows newlyweds Muriel and Lee who are beginning a bright new life when he returns from the Korean War. However, this newfound stability is...

It is the Eisenhower era, a time of post-war promise in California, a place for new beginnings and new love. Into this setting, Shannon Pufahl placed her debut novel On Swift Horses, which was a prize winner for lesbian fiction, but in the movie version, this becomes a more complicated romantic drama, mixed with gambling, noir-ish tones, horse racing and a complex love triangle that don’t all mesh as well as they might, but give this attractive and talented cast an “A” for trying to make it all plausible.

Lee (Will Poulter), an agreeable guy has come home from the Korean War to settle down and start a dream kind of family life with his wife Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), and for a short while, all seems just fine until Lee’s wayward brother Julius enters the picture after some time on the road. Lee’s hope is they all...

New York-based Wavelength, which co-financed TIFF world premiere On Swift Horses, has hired former Imagine Entertainment executive Caitlin Cleary as director of scripted development.

Based in Brooklyn, Cleary’s primary focus will be narrative features as she collaborates with president Joe Plummer and London-based managing director Dan Bowen to expand the company into the scripted space and branded entertainment.

Her arrival comes as the company founded by Jenifer Westphal builds a feature roster including On Swift Horses, Daniel Minahan’s adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s novel set in the 1950’s American West starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi and Will Poulter...

Jacob Elordi is pulling double duty at TIFF 2024 with two period pieces, but only one steamy love triangle.

Elordi stars in both “Oh, Canada” and “On Swift Horses,” the latter of which just debuted its long-awaited first look. “On Swift Horses” also stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Diego Calva, Will Poulter, and Sasha Calle. The film is directed by “Game Of Thrones,” “House of Cards,” and “Six Feet Under” helmer Daniel Minahan, and will make its world premiere at TIFF 2024 as a sales title.

“On Swift Horses” is based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, and centers on newlyweds Muriel and Lee who are beginning a new life when he returns from the Korean War. Per the novel description, the couple’s stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic younger brother, Julius, who is a wayward gambler with a secret. A dangerous love triangle is quickly formed, as the...

Jacob Elordi's forthcoming movie On Swift Horses promises some provocative scenes. On Swift Horses taps into a similar appeal nurtured by Euphoria and Saltburn. Fans who enjoyed it when Jacob Elordi took on similar roles that were distinguished by romance and hot scenes will enjoy On Swift Horses.

One of Jacob Elordi's next big movies promises to bring the heat of his previous projects with "some pretty hot scenes." Taking on roles such as Nate in the hit sensation Euphoria (despite the character being incredibly awful at times) and Felix in the cast of the provocative drama thriller Saltburn made Elordi one to watch, not just for his acting ability but for starring in or inspiring wildly graphic scenes. Elordi's heartthrob disposition was evident in his other major projects, like The Kissing Booth trilogy or Pricilla - but Euphoria and Saltburn turned up the heat an additional few notches.

Andrew Garfield is heading for the stars. Reports indicate the Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hacksaw Ridge actor Andrew Garfield is playing astronomer Carl Sagan in Voyagers, a new film from Sebastian Lelio. In addition to Garfield, Daisy Edgar-Jones joins the cast as Cosmos filmmaker Ann Druyan. The project is going to the Cannes market this month, courtesy of FilmNation Entertainment.

The Voyagers story takes place in 1977 at NASA, where Sagan’s team is preparing to launch humanity’s first interstellar probes. The launch includes a message from the team responsible for the monumental devices, dubbed The Golden Record. The story begins as a race to complete the mission on time, then transitions into an unforeseen love story between Sagan and Druyan. FilmNation Entertainment introduced Druyan to screenwriters Lelio and Jessica Goldberg, who wrote the original Voyagers screenplay based on interviews with Druyan and other contributors to the Golden Record mission.

Exclusive: Black Bear International and UTA Independent Film Group have launched world sales on On Swift Horses, the buzzy project we told you about two months ago starring Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where The Crawdads Sing), Jacob Elordi (Euphoria), Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Diego Calva (Babylon) and Sasha Calle (The Flash). The film is currently in post-production.

Based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, the story follows newlyweds Muriel and Lee who are beginning a new life when he returns from the Korean War. However, their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic younger brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret. A dangerous love triangle is quickly formed, as the three vow to start a new life together in California, but their bid for the American Dream is blown apart when Julius disappears and heads for Las Vegas instead. Muriel embarks on a secret life of her own,...

Daisy-Edgar Jones, Jacob Elordi, Diego Calva, Will Poulter and Sasha Calle are on board for a star-studded adaptation of the historical drama “On Swift Horses.”

Based on Shannon Pufahl’s novel of the same name, the film centers on couple Muriel (Edgar-Jones) and Lee (Poulter), who look to rebuild their life together after he returns from the Korean War. A love triangle emerges after Lee’s brother, Julius (Elordi), a charismatic gambler with a secret, joins their plan to move to California. When Julius decamps for Las Vegas instead, Muriel embarks on her own secret life of gambling on racehorses. Calva will play a character named Henry, while Calle will play Sandra.

Daniel Minahan will helm from a script by Bryce Kass (“Lizzie”). Production is underway in Los Angeles.

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Diego Calva and Jacob Elordi are ready to get it on.

The “Babylon” breakout star and “Euphoria” heartthrob are set to star in Daniel Minahan’s adaptation of “On Swift Horses.” Calva teased to Variety that he has some “pretty hot scenes” with Elordi.

“It was so cool to work with him. He’s obsessed with photography, he’s obsessed with old plays,” Calva said of his co-star Elordi. “He loves Tennessee Williams, he loves Chekhov. He’s not the guy you maybe think he is. He’s such a cool actor. He’s just amazing. I feel very proud.”

He added, “I don’t know if I can say this but we are going to have pretty hot scenes in this movie…You have to wait. But I think it will be a pretty cool movie.”

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sasha Calle, and Will Poulter also star. The film is based...

Exclusive: Ley Line Entertainment and FirstGen Content have set an all-star ensemble for its co-production of On Swift Horses as Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle are on board to star. Daniel Minahan is on to direct with Ley Line’s Peter Spears and FirstGen’s Mollye Asher producing (the won a Best Picture Oscar producing Nomadland together) alongside, Tim Headington and Theresa Steele Page on behalf of Ley Line with Michael D’Alto producing on behalf of FirstGen Conent. Bryce Kass is adapting the script.

Based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, the story follows newlyweds Muriel and Lee who are beginning a bright new life when he returns from the Korean War. However, this newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic younger brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret. A dangerous love triangle is quickly formed, as the three...