Margot Robbie will star in The Week of Pain, a new film from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli, whose recent work includes The Drama and Dream Scenario.
According to Variety, A24 will produce and finance the project. Square Peg, the production company founded by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen, will also produce alongside Dilemma Films and Robbie’s LuckyChap.
The announcement places Robbie on both sides of the production, combining a leading screen role with involvement through her company. Plot details remain undisclosed, with a release date yet to be announced.
Another collaboration for Borgli and A24
The Week of Pain follows Borgli’s collaboration with A24 and Square Peg on The Drama, which opened in April 2026. Starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, that film centres on an engaged couple whose relationship is disrupted by an unexpected revelation during the week before their wedding.
Alana Haim and Mamoudou Athie also appear in the cast. A24 describes the film as a darkly comic exploration of love and how much people want to know about those closest to them.
Variety reports that The Drama earned US$135 million worldwide against a production budget of approximately US$28 million, providing commercial momentum ahead of Borgli’s next project.
A filmmaker drawn to uncomfortable situations
Borgli previously wrote and directed Dream Scenario, released by A24 in 2023. Nicolas Cage plays an ordinary family man whose life changes when millions of strangers begin seeing him in their dreams.
The premise turns unexpected public attention into a source of disruption, placing its central character in a situation he cannot control. The supporting cast includes Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera and Dylan Baker.
Before that, Borgli brought Sick of Myself to the Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes in 2022. Discussing the film with the festival, he described an interest in self-image and the way suffering can become romanticised in social relationships and advertising.
Those earlier films provide context for his work, although the story and tone of The Week of Pain have not been confirmed.
Robbie’s growing role behind the camera
LuckyChap’s participation continues Robbie’s parallel career as an actor and producer. The company, led by Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, has worked across large studio releases and films built around distinctive filmmakers.
Its productions include Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which earned more than US$1.4 billion at the worldwide box office, and Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn.
LuckyChap also produced Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, which received five Academy Award nominations. Robbie’s involvement in those projects extends beyond the films in which she appears, with her producing work supporting other actors and directors.
From literary romance to a Monaco heist
Robbie most recently starred opposite Jacob Elordi in Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, playing Cathy alongside his Heathcliff. She also produced the Warner Bros. release, another collaboration involving LuckyChap.
Her upcoming screen projects include an Ocean’s Eleven prequel with Bradley Cooper, who is also directing. At CinemaCon 2026, Robbie revealed that its central heist would take place during the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix.
For The Week of Pain, the announcement currently centres on Robbie’s casting and the companies assembling the production. Further information about her character, the supporting cast and the filming schedule remains to be revealed.
