Jenna Ortega and Natalie Portman are negotiating to star in The Gallerist, the new film from the director of Birds of Prey

Jenna Ortega y Natalie Portman They are in negotiations to star The Gallerist. The director of the film will be Cathy Yan known for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn), the spin-off of Suicide Squad.

According to Deadline, the film will tell the story of a desperate art gallery owner who will try by all means sell the works of a dead painter at the contemporary art fair Art Basel held in the city of Miami.

The film will be produced by MountainA, the company of Natalie Portman and Sophie Maswho will participate in the process alongside Jonathan King, Ash Sarohia, Tom McCarthy, Rae Baron, and Zola Elgart Glassman. At the moment, more details about the project are unknown, such as the names that will complete the rest of the cast or the release date. In any case, the American media points out that the intention of those responsible for the project is that, once the agreements with Portman and Ortega are closed, Filming begins as soon as possible.

Natalie Portman has starred this year The lady of the lakea thriller in miniseries format for Apple TV. She is currently immersed in the filming of Fountain of Youth, film in which he will star alongside John Krasinski. In addition, the actress, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for best drama actress for her work in Secrets of a scandal along with Julianne Moore, too will be able to voice the female protagonist of The Twitsan animated film that adapts the popular novel by Roald Dahl.

For her part, Jenna Ortega has just starred in Bitelchús Bitelchústhe second part of the iconic film directed by Tim Burton along with other stars such as Winona Ryder o Michael Keaton.

Furthermore, Ortega, who is one of the most sought-after actresses of the moment, is in full filming of the second season of Wednesdaywhose release is scheduled for 2025 and the premiere of three projects is pending: Klara and the Suna science fiction film directed by Taika Waititi in which he shares the spotlight with Amy Adamshorror comedy Death of a Unicorn directed and written by Alex Scharfman, and a untitled horror thriller directed by Trey Edward Shults in which he will share the spotlight with The Weeknd y Barry Keoghan.