Adria Arjona will star in and government produce Onslaught, the upcoming motion thriller from Godzilla x Kong director Adam Wingard.

Adam Wingard is finished with the MonsterVerse (for now), however he has discovered a number one woman for his subsequent venture. THR studies that Adria Arjona is in remaining negotiations to star in and government produce Onslaught for A24, a venture described as a “gonzo motion horror thriller.“

Plot particulars are being saved underneath wraps, however it’s mentioned that Arjona will play “a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base.” In addition to directing Onslaught, Wingard can also be co-writing the script with Simon Barrett, who he labored with on You’re Next and The Guest. Production is anticipated to kick off in New Mexico later this yr.

Arjona has been having fairly the yr. She received reward for her efficiency alongside Glen Powell in Hit Man, appeared in Zoe Kravitz’s Blink Twice, and can be returning for the second season of Andor, which can debut on Disney+ subsequent yr.

Onslaught can be one thing of a return to his roots for Wingard, because the director has spent the previous couple of years taking part in together with his buddies Godzilla and King Kong. He helmed Godzilla v Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and though the studio had been eager on getting him again for one more sequel, there was no deal in place for him to achieve this. He had been open to returning, beforehand saying, “There’s always the seduction of making a trilogy out of it, and I think that there’s some untapped areas to go into. There’s also ways to continue to innovate the stylized approach to the MonsterVerse, and what’s great about the MonsterVerse is that it’s allowed so many different directors to approach it with their unique style and color palette.”

Wingard formally stepped down to deal with Onslaught, and the studio tapped Grant Sputore, the director of Hilary Swank’s sci-fi thriller I Am Mother, to helm the brand new installment. Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is writing the script. The MonsterVerse movie is slated for a March 26, 2027 launch.