'Scream' and 'Avengers' Stars Join Martin McDonagh's 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Follow-Up

Martin McDonagh

By Chris McPherson

Published Feb 5, 2025

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Martin McDonagh is back with another darkly intriguing project, and this time, he’s bringing some heavy hitters along for the ride. Wild Horse Nine, the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s next film, has officially landed at Searchlight Pictures, with John Malkovich, Mark Ruffalo, and Parker Posey joining the previously announced Sam Rockwell in leading roles, as per Deadline and Variety. Cameras are set to roll in March on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (you know, that place with the really big heads), which is certainly a lot more exotic, if just as isolated, as the Irish isle setting of The Banshees of Inisherin.

That film, which starred Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon, was a critical and commercial hit, and was nominated for nine Academy Awards at the 95th Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (McDonagh), Best Actor (Farrell), Best Supporting Actor (Gleeson and Barry Keoghan), and Best Supporting Actress (Condon). Distressingly, despite being one of the most talked about movies of the year, it went home empty-handed at the end of the night.

While plot details are being kept tightly under wraps, the film reunites McDonagh with Searchlight, Blueprint Pictures, and Film4, the same dream team behind Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin. McDonagh’s partnership with Rockwell continues as well, marking their third collaboration after Seven Psychopaths and Three Billboards, the latter earning Rockwell his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

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This will be Ruffalo’s first time working with McDonagh, adding to his impressive resume that includes four Supporting Actor Oscar nominations for roles in Poor Things, Spotlight, Foxcatcher, and The Kids Are All Right. Ruffalo is also set to appear in Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 and the upcoming HBO crime series Task. He's also scheduled to film a small budget, independent film called Avengers: Doomsday shortly.

Malkovich, who's just coming off a very Sundance appearance in A24’s Opus, will no doubt bring that trademark energy, weirdness, and Malkovichinity to the movie, and Posey, one of those rare Scream alum who has not been cast in the upcoming Scream 7, round out the cast. She's recently been in Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid, and next up she will appear in Season 3 of HBO's breakout hit The White Lotus.

Stay tuned to Collider for more updates as this project gallops closer to the big screen.