Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac Starring in ‘Flesh of the Gods’

(Left) Kristen Stewart arrives on the red carpet of the 94th Oscars® at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Photo: Michael Baker / A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in Marvel Studios’ ‘Moon Knight,’ exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Gabor Kotschy. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.

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Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are attached to new thriller ‘Flesh of the Gods’.
Panos Cosmatos will direct the movie.
Adam McKay is aboard to produce it.

Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are both in demand actors right now –– Stewart has ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ in theaters, while Isaac was most recently heard rather than seen in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ last year (and is at work on Guillermo del Toro’s take on ‘Frankenstein’), so the script for new thriller ‘Flesh of the Gods’ must be quite something to nab them both.

They’re both now attached to the movie, which promises to be a neon-tinged nightmare set in a throwback Los Angeles.

What’s the story of ‘Flesh of the Gods’?

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The movie, set in the 1980s, sees Isaac and Stewart as married couple Raoul and Alex, who descend each evening from their luxury LA skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic ‘Nameless’ and her hard-partying cabal, Raoul and Alex are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence.

Who is making ‘Flesh of the Gods’?

Nicolas Cage in Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy’. Photo: RLJE Films.

‘Beyond the Black Rainbow’ director Panos Cosmatos, who last brought us vengeful Nicolas Cage action horror movie ‘Mandy’, is calling the shots on this new movie.

He’ll work from a script by Andrew Kevin Walker, probably still best known for his work with director David Fincher, including ‘Se7en’ and last year’s quirky assassin thriller ‘The Killer’. Walker and Cosmatos worked up the story together.

And finally, we have ‘The Big Short’ and ‘Vice’ filmmaker Adam McKay, who will produce the new movie via his Hyperobject Industries company.

Agencies CAA and WME are dealing with selling the film to domestic distributors, while XYZ Films will look to lock down international sales at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes.

‘Flesh of the Gods’: The Filmmakers Speak

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McKay and the director are clearly both anticipating working on this new movie, which appears to be in the same vein as ‘Mandy’.

Here’s what McKay told Deadline about the thriller:

“This director, this writer, these incredible actors, vampires, choice 80’s punk, style and attitude for miles… That’s the film we’re bringing you today. We think it’s wildly commercial and wildly artful. Our ambitions are to make a movie that ripples through popular culture, fashion, music, and film. Can you tell how excited I am?”

And here’s what Cosmatos had to say:

“Like Los Angeles itself, ‘Flesh of the Gods’ inhabits the liminal realm between fantasy and nightmare. Both propulsive and hypnotic, ‘Flesh’ will take you on a hot rod joy ride deep into the glittering heart of hell.”

When will ‘Flesh of the Gods’ be in theaters?

Though Cosmatos aims to have his cameras rolling later this year, with no distributor attached yet, we don’t expect this one before later in 2025. Though given the talent involved in front of and behind the camera, it should be snapped up quickly.