Alana Haim, the singer-songwriter who is part of the rock band Haim, is continuing her push into acting after making her debut starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza.
Haim has lined up two back to back feature gigs involving some bold-faced names.
Haim has started production on The Mastermind, an art heist drama starring Josh O’Connor and directed by Kelly Reichardt. She will then jump into The Drama, a feature from Dream Scenario filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli that also stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.
Mastermind set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the beginning of the women’s liberation movement in America.
Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, and Vincent Savino of filmscience are producing. Mubi, the global film distributor, production company and streaming service, is financing the drama and distributing.
Drama is centers on a couple, played by Zendaya and Pattinson, who in the days leading up to their wedding, end up in a crisis when unexpected revelations derail what one of them thought they knew of the other. The story tackles the blindness of love, according to sources. Borgli also wrote the script.
Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone of Square Peg are producing the feature that begins shooting later this month.
As part of Haim, Alana Haim has earned two Grammy nominations and performed on Saturday Night Live, scoring hits with song such as “Want You Back” and “Little of Your Love.”
She made her acting debut with Pizza, the 2021 comedic drama that also starred Cooper Hoffman and was directed by Anderson, a fan of the band who directed many of their videos. Her debut earned strong notices and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a comedy and musical category and BAFTA and Critics Choice nominations. Anderson also cast Haim in his latest feature, which is in post and is due to be released by Warner Bros. in 2025. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the untitled feature.
Haim is repped by UTA, Entertainment 360, and Hansen Jacobson.
