• David Jonsson, fresh off his 2025 BAFTA Rising Star win, has joined A24’s upcoming film Please
• The film marks director Halina Reijn’s third collaboration with A24, following Bodies Bodies Bodies and Babygirl
• Grammy-nominated singer Gracie Abrams makes her acting debut in the project alongside Tom Burke and Connor Storrie
• Plot details are being kept tightly under wraps, but Reijn will once again write and direct
• Jonsson’s upcoming slate also includes Frank Ocean’s debut feature and Colman Domingo’s Scandalous

Halina Reijn is assembling something special. The Babygirl writer-director has added David Jonsson to the cast of Please, her next film with A24 — and the lineup is already one of the more intriguing ensembles in recent memory.

Jonsson, who took home the BAFTA Rising Star award in 2025 on the strength of his work in Rye Lane and Alien: Romulus, joins a cast that already includes Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams making her acting debut, British actor Tom Burke, and Heated Rivalry breakout Connor Storrie. Plot details are being kept firmly under wraps — no logline, no character descriptions, nothing — which, honestly, only makes the whole thing more exciting.

Reijn’s Third Swing with A24

This is Reijn’s third feature with the studio, and her track record there speaks for itself. Bodies Bodies Bodies announced her as a sharp, wickedly funny voice in genre filmmaking. Then came Babygirl — the Nicole Kidman-led erotic thriller that became one of A24’s biggest global hits, earning $64 million worldwide. Whatever Please turns out to be, Reijn has earned the benefit of the doubt.

She’ll write and direct again, producing through her MAN UP Film banner alongside frequent collaborator David Hinojosa, who is re-teaming with her for the third time. A24 is producing and financing, with Zach Nutman executive producing.

A Cast Worth Paying Attention To

Tom Burke brings serious film pedigree to the project. He’s played Orson Welles in David Fincher’s Mank, Praetorian Jack in George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and has racked up credits with Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag), Sebastián Lelio (The Wonder), and Nicolas Winding Refn (Only God Forgives). On the TV side, he leads the BBC detective series Strike and can currently be seen in Netflix’s Legends. He’s also been announced for Alex Garland’s Elden Ring adaptation — also with A24 — and a recurring role in Amazon Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099.

Connor Storrie, 26, is having a moment. The Heated Rivalry star is quickly becoming one of the more sought-after young actors working right now. This is actually his second A24 project — he was previously cast in Peaked from directors Molly Gordon and Allie Levitan, and Gordon has been effusive about him. “Connor is a f–king genius and I’m so lucky that he’s in the movie,” she said recently. Beyond Please, Storrie has a guest role in For All Mankind season 5, a part in Criminal Minds season 19, and is circling Craig Zobel’s thriller Turpentine opposite Melissa McCarthy.

And then there’s Gracie Abrams, stepping in front of a camera for the first time. The Grammy nominee has built a devoted following through her music, and landing her acting debut in a Halina Reijn film is no small thing.

Jonsson’s Year Just Keeps Getting Bigger

For Jonsson, Please is just one piece of an extraordinary run. Last year he earned strong notices for The Long Walk, the dystopian survival thriller based on the Stephen King novel, and fronted the Brit indie prison drama Wasteman alongside Tom Blyth, which premiered at Toronto. He also exec produced Wasteman alongside Sophie Glibber through their production company greyarea — a signal that his ambitions extend well beyond acting.

Coming up, he’ll play Sammy Davis Jr. opposite Sydney Sweeney’s Kim Novak in Colman Domingo’s directorial debut Scandalous. He’s reuniting with his The Long Walk co-star Cooper Hoffman in India Donaldson’s Chaperones for Plan B. And he has a lead role in Frank Ocean’s as-yet-untitled debut feature — a project that has had the film world buzzing for years.

No release date has been set for Please, and with the plot still locked down tight, there’s not much more to go on — just a director at the height of her powers, and four actors you genuinely want to watch. That’s usually enough.

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• Gracie Abrams has announced her third studio album, Daughter From Hell, due July 17 via Interscope Records
• Lead single “Hit the Wall” drops Thursday, May 14 at 8 p.m. ET
• The album was co-written and co-produced with longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner and will feature 16 tracks
• Abrams called it “definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made” — and she’s been quietly teasing it for months
• She’s also set to make her acting debut in A24’s Please, directed by Halina Reijn

Gracie Abrams is ready to share what she’s been building. The singer-songwriter officially announced her third studio album, Daughter From Hell, on Monday — and if her reaction is any indication, she’s just as excited as her fans. “Whoa whoa whoa,” she wrote on Instagram alongside the album cover. “Freaking out. I am so ready for it to be yours.”

The album arrives July 17 via Interscope Records, and the first taste comes this Thursday when lead single “Hit the Wall” drops at 8 p.m. ET. Abrams had already teased the track on May 1, telling fans simply: “I love it with everything I have.”

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The cover art shows Abrams in a crouched position, eyes fixed on something just out of frame — an image that feels as loaded and intentional as the album title itself. Per the Daughter From Hell countdown page on Spotify, the project will span 16 tracks.

Like both of her previous records, the album was written and produced alongside Aaron Dessner — the National co-founder and go-to collaborator who has become as central to Abrams’ sound as she is. The two squeezed recording sessions in between tour dates, catching what Abrams described to Billboard as “little pockets between hectic times.” “Every day that I live with the music, things start to become a little clearer,” she said at the time. “There’s something we’re starting to crack that is making both of us feel energized.”

What Fans Can Expect

Abrams has been road-testing new material for a while now, debuting several songs live including “Crazy Girl,” “Out of Nowhere,” “Death Wish,” and “It Doesn’t Sit Right” — so devoted fans already have a sense of where this record is headed emotionally. The title alone promises something rawer and more unguarded than anything she’s released before.

Speaking to Vogue at last week’s 2026 Met Gala, she offered her most direct window into “Hit the Wall” yet. “It’s the introduction to this new chapter, and I feel grateful and relieved that this is the introduction,” she said. “I love the song so much and I love the people I made it with. It feels embodied and that feels good. I’m excited for it to belong to everyone else.”

Back in January, she told The Hollywood Reporter that the album is “definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made. I feel very closely connected to it. I appreciate so much that these albums are time capsules of where I’m at in my life at any given point, but right now it does feel very like me. I hope that whoever finds it, connects with it and that they make it theirs when it’s out one day.”

She’s also been deliberately thoughtful about the pacing of her releases, citing an unexpected source of inspiration. “I am inspired by Taylor in a million ways, but especially by the pace with which she puts things out into the world,” Abrams told Nylon. “There’s less pressure the more you release — that’s how I consider it for myself. I want to just keep it coming while I’m in this period of writing as frequently as I am.”

The hints had been building for months. In April, she posted photos of her journal covered in “DFH” stickers, and eagle-eyed fans had been piecing things together ever since.

Following a Breakthrough Moment

Daughter From Hell follows The Secret of Us, Abrams’ 2024 sophomore album that turned her from a rising artist into a full-blown pop phenomenon. The record peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and hit No. 1 in the UK, Australia, and the Netherlands. “That’s So True” and “I Love You, I’m Sorry” both surpassed a billion streams on Spotify. The album also featured “Us,” her collaboration with Taylor Swift, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Her 2023 debut, Good Riddance — also made with Dessner — reached No. 52 on the Billboard 200, making the leap to her second album’s success all the more striking.

The Secret of Us era sent her on a world tour and then an arena run in 2025. Now, heading into album three, she’s not just a bigger artist — she’s clearly a more confident one.

And music isn’t the only thing she’s been working on. Abrams is set to make her acting debut in A24’s upcoming film Please, directed by Halina Reijn, starring opposite Tom Burke, known for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Souvenir.

Daughter From Hell is available to pre-order now. “Hit the Wall” arrives Thursday night — and if Abrams loves it with everything she has, that’s probably all you need to know.

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