Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, and Pedro Pascal to star in Ari Aster’s next movie, which is a Western

This comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which says Eddington is about a “small-town New Mexico sheriff with lofty aspirations,” and A24, in a post on its Instagram, calls it a “contemporary Western.” But that’s all bullshit, right? We’re not buying any of that for a single goddamn second? Oh sure, Eddington will be about a small-town sheriff with lofty aspirations in the way that Aster’s Hereditary was about a mother who makes miniatures, or the way that Midsommar was about a college student helping her boyfriend’s friend study ancient European traditions, or the way that Beau Is Afraid was about man visiting his mother.

For as much as some people were put off by Beau Is Afraid, there would likely be riots if Ari Aster’s follow-up skewed so far in the other direction that it was literally just about a small-town sheriff solving small-town mysteries (even with that great cast). But, then again, it would be a particularly Aster-esque zag to go full norm-core. You never want people to be able to guess your next move when you’re building a career like his… except we did just guess it, so now he shouldn’t do that! Aster, you’ve done it again!