Olivia Cooke To Star In ‘Brides’ From Chloe Okuno And Neon

Justin Kroll

Wed, May 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM UTC

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Olivia Cooke is set to star in the Neon thriller Brides directed by Chloe Okuno, produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu, and set for theatrical release by Neon.
The film follows Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband as they travel to a remote Italian villa where the mysterious count owner takes a peculiar interest in Sally, with Cooke stepping in for Maika Monroe due to scheduling conflicts with another film.
Chloe Okuno, known for her feature debut Watcher and genre-based works, will direct Brides, while Olivia Cooke, recognized for her roles in Ready Player One and House of the Dragon, will star in the film.

EXCLUSIVE:Olivia Cooke is set to star in the Neon thriller Brides from Watcher director Chloe Okuno, who will direct from a script she wrote. The pic will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu through Likely Story. Neon will release Brides theatrically.

The film follows Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa whose owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally. Cooke steps in for Maika Monroe , who had scheduling issues with her Universal film Reminders of Him .

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As a filmmaker, Okuno’s feature debut was the psychological thriller Watcher , starring Monroe and Burn Gorman, which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play several other festivals. Drawn to genre-based material that aims to excite and unsettle, her other works include writing and directing the award-winning horror short Slut and the “Storm Drain” segment of the anthology series V/H/S/94 , as well as directing episodes from Showtime’s Let the Right One In and the James Wan-produced series Teacup .

Best known for her roles in Ready Player One and Me, Earl and The Dying Girl, Cooke is coming off the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. She recently wrapped production on the Amazon series The Girlfriend opposite Robin Wright.

She is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and The Artists Partnership. Okuno is repped by UTA.

In Cannes last week, Neon earned its sixth consecutive Palme d’Or win with Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident , which the company acquired at the festival , and won a total of six awards across all films including Grand Prix for Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value. Also in Cannes, Neon debuted Julia Ducournau’s Alpha , Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5 , and Michael Angelo Covino’s Splitsville starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, which Neon also produced. The company acquired North American rights to Sirât from Oliver Laxe; The Secret Agent from writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho; and Ugo Bienvenu’s animated feature Arco with Natalie Portman.

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