Lily Rose Depp and Jacob Elordi are among the top rising stars of Hollywood. Though they are much younger, their portfolios proudly boast some of the top commercial and critical hits in the past year. While Elordi has shone bright in Euphoria and Priscilla, Depp has gained attention and praise for Voyagers, The King, and last year’s Oscar-nominated, gothic horror Nosferatu. Now, Depp is ready for another gothic project, this time joining hands with Elordi for Outer Dark.

The actors have been announced the leading face of this upcoming forbidden romance based on a famous novel.

Lily Rose Depp and Jacob Elordi will be taking charge in the dark romance, Outer Dark, playing twisted siblings in this cinematic adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's book, published in 1968. Depp is expected to play the role of Rinthy, while Elordy will be playing her brother Culla.

Also presented in the novel are the characters of The Tinker and a mystery group of three nameless people who pose a threat to the antagonists. But besides the main lead, which actors are going to be a part of this adaptation is not known yet.

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But book lovers are sure to find a great adaptation which already had entertained the readers decades with its gripping storyline.

In the book Outer Dark, Cormac McCarthy explored the dark theme of a bloodline affair, which sees a young lady, Rinthy, giving birth to her brother Culla’s child. Things, already distorted, take an even worse turn when her brother lies to Rinthy about the infant’s death and eventual burial of the child in a deep forest, but actually hid it. As she learns of this deception, Rinthy sets out on her own to find the infant. But as the siblings get separated, moving through the countryside, three strangers start tailing them, bringing bad omens with them.

Outer Dark is set in Appalachia during the Great Depression and will be made by Oscar-winning Son Of Saul filmmaker Laszlo Nemes. He has written the screenplay with Clara Royer and is also producing the movie alongside Mike Goodridge. About the project, Nemes has said at Cannes, since reading the book, it has been his dream to make it into a film, and to find the appropriate cinematic language that would do justice to Cormac McCarthy’s evocative and cosmological work. 

As eager and excited are the fans are over this adaptation, they would have to wait as the movie and the lead cast have just been announced. The movie is expected to be released somewhere in 2026, but we do not have a fixed date yet, although Laszlo Nemes feels that he has found the perfect cast in the two magnetic actors.

Nemes is more than excited to roll the cameras soon on this exciting road movie, which he called "a terrible and beautiful journey into the labyrinth of the human soul." As Lily Rose Depp, who had her previous gothic experience with Nosferatu, prepares to bring her charm with Jacob Elordi, how their chemistry plays out on the screen remains to be seen. 

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