{"id":23489,"date":"2024-05-10T17:05:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=23489"},"modified":"2024-05-20T03:11:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T07:11:41","slug":"olivia-wilde-to-star-in-gregg-arakis-i-want-your-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=23489","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Wilde To Star in Gregg Araki&#8217;s &#8216;I Want Your Sex&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9Photo by Beth Dubber\/Netflix<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1312575\/\">Olivia Wilde<\/a> will star in <em><strong>I Want Your Sex<\/strong><\/em>, an upcoming feature that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000777\/\">Gregg Araki<\/a> is directing for Black Bear Productions. Araki and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5645689\/\">Karley Sciortino<\/a> collaborated on the script for the film, which will begin shooting in Los Angeles this summer.<\/p>\r\n<p>Wilde will play the role of Erika Tracy, an artist who becomes a sexual muse to Elliot, a young man in her employ. Together, they explore what Black Bear describes as \u201cdesire, domination, and fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Olivia Wilde starred in and directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10731256\/\"><em><strong>Don\u2019t Worry Darling<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which grossed almost $100 million globally after its 2022 debut at the Venice Film Festival. Her other credits include roles in <em><strong>Her<\/strong> <\/em>by Spike Jonze, <em><strong>Babylon<\/strong> <\/em>by Damien Chazelle, <em><strong>Rush<\/strong> <\/em>by Ron Howard, and <em><strong>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/strong><\/em> by Jon Favreau. The 40-year-old actress has also appeared in the medical drama <em><strong>House<\/strong><\/em>, which won an Emmy award. Her upcoming directorial projects include <em><strong>Avengelyne<\/strong><\/em>, based on a comic book; and <em><strong>Naughty<\/strong><\/em>, a Christmas-themed comedy for Universal Pictures.<\/p>\r\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/><br \/>Gregg Araki, a 64-year-old Japanese American filmmaker, is considered a leading figure in the New Queer Cinema movement. His 2010 film <em><strong>Kaboom<\/strong> <\/em>won the very first Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Araki emerged as a prominent figure in the Los Angeles indie underground in the 1980s with such low-budget titles as <em><strong>Three Bewildered People in the Night<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>The Long Weekend (O\u2019Despair)<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>The Living End<\/strong><\/em>. His breakout film, <em><strong>Mysterious Skin<\/strong><\/em>, debuted in 2004.<\/p>\r\n<p>Other of Araki&#8217;s films include the <em><strong>Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy,<\/strong> <strong>Splendor<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Smiley Face,<\/strong><\/em> and <em>White Bird in a Blizzard<\/em>. He has also directed several television projects, including <em><strong>Now Apocalypse<\/strong><\/em> and an episode for <em><strong>American Gigolo<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>I Want Your Sex<\/strong><\/em> is being produced by Seth Caplan together with Black Bear\u2019s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler. Arlie Day and Mike Page are serving as casting directors for the film, which will be shopped around at next week\u2019s Cannes market.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9Photo by Beth Dubber\/Netflix &nbsp; Olivia Wilde will star in I Want Your Sex, an upcoming feature that Gregg Araki is directing for Black Bear Productions. Araki and Karley Sciortino collaborated on the script for the film, which will begin shooting in Los Angeles this summer. Wilde will play the role of Erika Tracy, an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9353,15648,8865,22009,13515,22008,22010,930,22011],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Olivia Wilde To Star in Gregg Araki&#039;s &#039;I Want Your Sex&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olivia Wilde will star in I Want Your Sex, an upcoming feature that Gregg Araki is directing for Black Bear Productions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=23489\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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