A24 is reportedly making an eight-figure deal to acquire U.S. rights to filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s next social satire effort “The Entertainment System is Down” reports .
Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Nicholas Braun and Samantha Morton star in the film set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment systems fail, and an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored. Dunst and Brühl will reportedly play a doomed married couple with her having discovered in-flight that he’s been having multiple affairs. The production will take place over 70 days on a studio lot with Östlund and his producer Erik Hemmendorff having purchased a real-life Boeing 747 for the film.
Östlund already has a release plan in mind for the film and is hoping for a debut at Cannes in 2026. He is currently selling the film at the Cannes market. Talking to press, he says it will be a challenging shoot that’s “99% in a closed set for over 70 days” and will “push the acting to levels not seen in a long time.
” Östlund broke through a decade ago at Cannes with the dark comedy “Force Majeure” before winning the Palme d’Or twice for 2017’s “The Square” and 2022’s “Triangle of Sadness”..
