Sometimes, the announcement of a movie will genuinely sound too good to be true. You’ll read a headline from one of the trades, or a DiscussingFilm tweet summarizing said headline, and suddenly learn about a cast and a concept that you know you’re immediately going to love.
For me, one of those proverbial white whales has been Mother Mary. It’s not just the latest A24 movie from The Green Knight director David Lowery, a partnership that would already be more than enough to get a good chunk of Film Twitter invested. But it is an “epic pop melodrama” co-starring Anne Hathaway and I May Destroy You‘s Michaela Coel, featuring new original music from Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX, and FKA Twigs. I have been waiting for it to become a reality ever since it was first announced in the spring of 2023… and now, I’m finally getting my wish.
