Alexander Skarsgård is set to star in The Confessions, a psycho-dramedy produced by Ari Aster, alongside Hunter Schafer, Maya Hawke, and Harry Melling.
According to Variety, it’s the latest feature from Canadian filmmaking trio Guy Maddin, Galen Johnson and Evan Johnson. The story follows a group of condemned nuns who witness an accursed, globe-spanning love triangle involving a missing sea captain and his poet wife.
Variety pairs each actor with a title: Wicker for Skarsgård, Blade Runner 2099 for Schafer, Stranger Things for Hawke, and Pillion for Melling. Skarsgård and Melling reunite after A24’s Pillion (2025), a romantic dramedy about a timid man and an enigmatic biker who begin a BDSM relationship. Stranger Things star David Harbour was also cast as Major Trautman in a John Rambo prequel.
Aster and Lars Knudsen produce through Square Peg, which came aboard in early development after working with the trio on their previous film, Rumours. That 2024 absurdist political comedy, with Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance as world leaders lost in the woods during a G7 summit, premiered at Cannes.
Aster, who wrote and directed Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, and Eddington, is openly a fan of the filmmakers.
They stand humongously tall among my favorite filmmakers in the world, and The Confessions is as singular and beguiling as anything they’ve ever written.
Ari Aster, producer
We don’t know the release date, shooting schedule, or character names yet. The project is being launched at the AFM, where CAA Media Finance and WME Independent co-represent North American rights, and French sales company Charades is handling international sales.
