A24 is polishing its altar again, this time for “Mother Mary,“ David Lowery’s upcoming psychological drama-thriller set to crash into theaters in April 2026. Forget the soft-focus mythmaking of “A Ghost Story,” Lowery seems finally ready to sink his teeth into something juicier, weirder, and possibly occult as hell.

Front and center is Anne Hathaway, shedding her Hollywood sainthood to play an iconic pop star caught between fame’s neon glow and the shadows chewing at its edges. The trailer swears, “This is not a ghost story,” which is reassuring, or maybe not, because whatever is haunting Hathaway’s Mother Mary looks far less polite than any sheet-wearing specter.

She’s joined by Michaela Coel, whose presence alone could power an exorcism. Coel plays Sam Anselm, Mary’s estranged best friend and former costume designer, summoned back into the singer’s orbit on the eve of a high-stakes comeback performance. It’s a reunion soaked in old wounds, couture trauma, and the kind of unresolved tension that could start a small, fashionable war.

Lowery loads the cast with a who’s who of cult-fav creatives: Hunter Schafer, Sian Clifford, FKA Twigs, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Isaura Barbé-Brown, and Alba Baptista. It’s less a film ensemble and more a pop-occult coven.

And speaking of covens, if the plot’s ambiguity doesn’t hook you, the soundtrack will. FKA Twigs, Jack Antonoff, and Charli XCX are crafting original songs, which means “Mother Mary” might become the first supernatural psychodrama where the demons move in perfect hyperpop harmony.

Is it horror? Is it a feverish pop opera? Is it just another Lowery experiment drenched in mood and moody haircuts? Whatever it is, Mother Mary is already humming with the kind of electricity that makes you want to kneel; half in worship, half in fear.

Coming 2026. Bring incense.

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