Léa Seydoux has joined Mikey Madison in The Masque of the Red Death, an A24 and Picturestart re-imagining of the 1842 Edgar Allan Poe short story from filmmaker Charlie Polinger.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Madison would play twin sisters in a story that sees a mad prince take in the noble class into his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry. The story follows a long-lost twin, hidden among the lower class, enter the castle and into a decadent world of orgies, opium, power schemes, revenge and decapitations.

Léa Seydoux will play a scheming lady-in-waiting who is plotting and conniving her way to the top. The French actress is best known for her appearances in huge blockbusters like Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, the James Bond film Spectre, and Dune: Part Two. This year, the actress will be seen in Arthur Harari’s The Unknown, in Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monsters, and in the Zellner Bros.’ Alpha Gang.

And while A24 has been keeping quiet about the official plot, they have described The Masque of the Red Death as “wildly revisionist and darkly comedic”.

Polinger wrote the screenplay, which was featured on the 2023 Black List. He also made his feature directorial debut this year with The Plague, a psychological horror film about a socially awkward tween who endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp.