On paper, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are a match made in heaven. The duo, soon to share the screen in both Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Dune 3, are two of the most in-demand stars in Hollywood right now — and both have hotly anticipated superhero sequels on their horizons, too. But in the first trailer for A24 (anti-)romance The Drama, director Kristoffer Borgli's follow-up to nuts 2023 Nic Cage film Dream Scenario, it very quickly becomes clear that R-Pattz and Zendaya's soon-to-be-weds Charlie and Emma may not be quite so perfectly paired after all. Check it out below;
Well, if you watched Die My Love and thought you hadn't quite seen enough of Robert Pattinson coming undone in a crumbling relationship, then your boy Borgli certainly looks to have you covered here. Sheesh! This first teaser for The Drama may only be a minute, but it's enough to show the cracks in the relationship between Pattinson's Brit museum director Charlie and Zendaya's bookshop worker Emma, who may kiss and play and grin from ear-to-ear in flashbacks, but find themselves almost wholly incapable of looking even remotely happy when it comes to getting their engagement shots taken ahead of their wedding. A few smash-cuts to downed booze, bloody noses, and blaring car alarms later, and it's very clear that Borgli's movie is The Drama by name, The Drama by nature.
Click here to preview your posts with PRO themes ››
Produced by master of deeply uncomfortable 'People Having A Bad Time' cinema Ari Aster, Borgli's latest — which also co-stars Mamoudou Athie, Alana Haim and Hailey Gates — simultaneously looks absolutely unmissable and potentially like one of the most cringe-inducing watches heading our way next year. Either way, save the date and be prepared to walk down the aisle with The Drama when it hits cinemas on 3 April, 2026. Bagsy not catching that bouquet!