Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, and Pedro Pascal may finally lead a quality rom-com
The Avengers, Madame Web, and The Last Of Us actors will get their rom-com on in the upcoming A24 film
Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, and Pedro Pascal may finally star in a romcom deserving of their talents. According to Variety, the three actors are all in talks to make up what we’re guessing will be a very rich, very beautiful love triangle in Materialists, the upcoming sophomore project from Past Lives director Celine Song.
(Quick sidebar: some of our colleagues insist that Chris Evans has already been in a great rom-com—2011's What’s Your Number?, directed by the one and only Mark Mylod. Yes, the very same man behind The Menu, some of the best episodes of Succession, and the upcoming second season of The Last Of Us. Maybe it’s time to give that one a rewatch!)
The specific roles Evans, Johnson, and Pascal are circling have not yet been revealed, but the film is rumored to be about a high-end matchmaker in New York who strikes up a relationship with a wealthy man while still harboring feelings for the broke waiter/aspiring actor she left behind (via Deadline).
Song also wrote the script for the romcom, which will be produced by A24, Killer Films, and 2AM. Song worked with all three banners on her first project, Past Lives, which became an award-season darling after premiering at Sundance last year. The Oscar-nominated film stars Greta Lee and Teo Yoo as childhood friends who maintain a tender relationship across decades and continents.
Chris Evans, who used to play Captain America, did take a recent stab at the rom-com with Ghosted, a movie even he knows wasn’t that good. Johnson and Pascal are just starting their respective Marvel careers, with parts in Madame Web and probably Fantastic Four respectively. (While neither Pascal nor Marvel have officially confirmed the rumor, a quickly-deleted listing from SAG-AFTRA suggested that the actor would “soon begin production on Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four.” We’ll see.) At least if nothing else, the actors can swap stories about that particular shared experience to build chemistry on set.