After making a breakout screen debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘70s hangout movie Licorice Pizza back in 2021, singer-songwriter Alana Haim — one-third of rock band HAIM — is taking The Steps (yes, that’s a reference) to bolster her acting CV in a big way with not one but two new projects in the pipeline. Per THR’s reporting, Haim has landed roles in both Kelly Reichardt art heist drama The Mastermind, in which she’ll star opposite Josh O’Connor, and in Kristoffer Borgli’s Zendaya and Robert Pattinson led The Drama.
Cameras are already rolling on The Mastermind, Reichardt’s self-written and directed latest, which centres around an audacious art heist and is set against the backdrops of both the Vietnam War as well as the advent of the women’s liberation movement stateside. As for The Drama, Borgli’s Ari Aster produced follow-up to last year’s surreal Nic Cage joint Dream Scenario, it’s unknown at this point exactly when production will get underway. We do know however that the film will see Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star as a couple whose nuptial celebrations are thrown into crisis by “unexpected revelations” about one of the would-be newlyweds. Whether Haim’s character has any part to play in said revelations remains to be seen.
Before The Mastermind and The Drama come along to steal a Little Of Your Love however (oh yeah, that’s another reference), we can look forward to seeing Haim light up our screens again sometime next year in her Licorice Pizza director’s latest, an as-yet-untitled Warner Bros. feature starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead. We’ll bring you more on Haim’s buzzy upcoming projects just as soon as we get it. But for now, having seen her stellar work as Alana Kane in the aforementioned Licorice Pizza, the prospect of further screen outings for Alana Haim is enough to have us asking ourselves, “How’d I get this hallelujah?” (And that’s the hat-trick!)