Margot Robbie has signed on to star in The Week of Pain, the upcoming feature from Norwegian writer and director Kristoffer Borgli, with A24 financing the project and producing alongside Square Peg, Dilemma Films, and LuckyChap.
The Week of Pain Production Details
- Margot Robbie will star in Kristoffer Borgli’s next feature film following the success of The Drama.
- A24 is financing the project, producing alongside Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster’s Square Peg, Dilemma Films, and LuckyChap.
- No plot details have been released for The Week of Pain.
Borgli Follows The Drama With A24
The new project follows Borgli’s work on The Drama, an R-rated adult romance that grossed $135 million globally against a $28 million budget. That film starred Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as an engaged couple facing a relationship spiral during their wedding week after a dark secret emerged.
The Drama relied on strong word-of-mouth momentum tied to a specific narrative reveal. Trailers showed an argument stemming from a pre-wedding game where Zendaya’s character shared the worst thing she had ever done, keeping the actual confession hidden until the film’s release. Audiences eventually learned the character had planned a high school shooting without following through on it.
Borgli and Robbie Worked with A24 and Utopia
Prior to that box office hit, Borgli directed Dream Scenario, a dark comedy starring Nicolas Cage as a man who randomly appears in the dreams of strangers worldwide. That release was also an A24 collaboration, while Borgli’s first feature, Sick of Myself, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival before Utopia released it.
Borgli is represented by UTA. Robbie is represented by Entertainment 360, CAA, Narrative, Aran Michael Management, and attorney Jeff Bernstein.
