Margot Robbie will star in "The Week of Pain", a project from A24 and Square Peg, with Kristoffer Borgli writing and directing, according to Variety, which confirmed the casting. A24 is set to produce and finance the film, with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen's Square Peg banner also producing alongside Dilemma Films and Robbie's LuckyChap. Deadline's sources likewise report that Robbie is set to star, with Borgli on board to direct, and that A24 will finance and produce the picture with Square Peg.

Plot details remain under wraps. Borgli is known for films such as "Dream Scenario" and "Sick of Myself", and Variety notes that the new project is likely to be another squirmy drama with streaks of cringe-out humour. Borgli and the same two studios recently worked together on "The Drama", an intimate dramedy about a wedding week derailed by a childhood secret, starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya. That film grossed $135 million worldwide against a budget of $28 million.S1

Robbie's most recent release was the literary romance "Wuthering Heights" for Warner Bros., in which she played Cathy opposite Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. The film reached $241 million worldwide. Her next major project is an "Ocean's 11" prequel, co-starring Bradley Cooper, who is also directing; Robbie revealed at CinemaCon 2026 that it will follow an "epic heist at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix". Deadline notes that production on that prequel is winding down even as Robbie takes on the new A24 picture.S1S2