Anya Taylor-Joy burst onto the scene with her performance in A24’s The VVitch, which won her rave reviews when it premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. In his debut feature, writer/director Robert Eggers tells the story of a pilgrim family that is besieged by a supernatural force. She went on to win the Breakthrough Actor Award at The Gotham Awards and Best Female Newcomer Award at The Empires for her performance.

Taylor-Joy captivated audiences globally in Netflix’s critically Emmy award winning series, The Queen’s Gambit. Based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, the show is Netflix’s biggest limited scripted series to date and was streamed by a record-setting 62 million households in its first 28 days. For her portrayal of Beth Harmon, she won the Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, and Screen Actors Guild awards and was nominated for an Emmy award.

Alongside Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor-Joy's newest release is The Northman. Directed by Robert Eggers, this Viking revenge saga is set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century for Focus Features. She’s currently in production of David O. Russell’s forthcoming feature for New Regency and the titular role in Furiosa, a spinoff feature of George Miller’s multi-Oscar winning blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road, which is set to premiere in May 2024.

Her extensive filmography includes Edgar Wright’s BAFTA nominated Last Night in Soho, Autumn de Wilde’s Emma, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, Split and Glass, the second and final installments in M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable trilogy, Focus Features’ critically acclaimed Thoroughbreds, the animated musical adventure 25 comedy film, Playmobil: The Movie for StudioCanal, Universal’s Marrowbone, Fox’s Morgan, Marvel’s The New Mutants, and Amazon’s Radioactive.

On television, Taylor-Joy starred in the BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries The Miniaturist, voiced the character of Brea in Netflix’s critically acclaimed fantasy series, The Dark Crystal, and starred in the fifth season of the gangster period epic, Peaky Blinders.

Nicholas Hoult has become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actors. Known for blockbuster films like the X-Men franchise as well as for award-winning films like The Favourite, his upcoming projects reflect his agility with appearances in international franchises as well as character-driven dramas.

Hoult can currently be seen starring in Hulu and Tony McNamara’s critically acclaimed series The Great. Hoult’s performance garnered him an Emmy nomination in the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category as well as Screen Actors Guild nominations. The show chronicles the rise to power of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her explosive relationship with husband Peter (Hoult), the emperor of Russia. Season two of the series premiered in November 2021, and season three is currently in production.

Up next, Hoult will portray the titular role in Universal’s Renfield, directed by Chris McKay and written by Ryan Ridley. This dark fantasy, horror-comedy tells the story of Renfield (Hoult), a henchman to Count Dracula who leaves his line of work after falling in love. The film is set to release on April 14, 2023, and also features Nicholas Cage and Awkwafina.

Hoult recently launched his production company, Dead Duck Films, with which he has a first look television deal with The Great producers, MRC Television, and Civic Center Media. The first project in development under the banner’s deal is Wildfire Johnny. The series, which is based on a short story from author Kevin Wilson, chronicles the story of a young man who discovers a discarded straight razor with a note promising whoever possesses this blade will gain access to its magic. Hoult will star and executive produce, with Gianna Sobol writing and executive producing.

In 2021, Hoult appeared in Taylor Sheridan’s drama, Those Who Wish Me Dead, alongside Angelina Jolie. The film tells the story of a young murder witness who finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness. Last year, Hoult appeared in The True History of Kelly Gang, based on Peter Carey’s novel about the Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s. The film, directed by Justin Kurzel, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2020, Hoult starred in Crossing Swords, an animated Hulu series created by John Harvatine IV and Tom Root about a “goodhearted peasant” (Hoult) who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. The series also features the voices of Luke Evans, Seth Green, and Tony Hale.

In 2019, Hoult starred in Dome Karukoski and Searchlight Pictures’ biopic Tolkien, playing famed author J.R.R. Tolkien opposite Lily Collins; and in the Simon Kinberg directed X-Men: Dark Phoenix (the 10th installment of X-Men), in which he reprised his role of Hank McCoy/Beast. Previously, Hoult appeared in X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: First Class, and X-Men: Days of Future Past alongside an all-star cast including Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and James McAvoy.

In 2018, Hoult starred alongside Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz in Searchlight Pictures and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning film, The Favourite, written by Tony McNamara.

In 2017, Hoult starred as J.D. Salinger (author of The Catcher in the Rye) in the Danny Strong directed biopic, Rebel in the Rye. Strong directed the film from his own screenplay, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Hoult starred in a second film at Sundance the same year titled Newness. The drama, directed by Drake Doremus, chronicles the story of two millennials (Hoult and Courtney Eaton) in Los Angeles navigating their relationship in a social media-driven hookup culture.

In 2015 Hoult starred as Nux opposite Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in George Miller’s critically acclaimed, and Oscar-nominated film, Mad Max: Fury Road. He also starred that year opposite Kristen Stewart in Equals, a futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated, directed by Drake Doremus.

In 2013, Hoult played the zombie character R in the cult classic Warm Bodies in which his character slowly starts to become human again after falling in love with a girlfriend of one of his victims. In 2009, he was seen in Tom Ford’s critically acclaimed directorial debut A Single Man opposite Colin Firth and Julianne Moore for the Weinstein Company. Hoult made his West End debut the same year in New Boy alongside Mel Giedroyc and Ciara Jason. The play, which opened to outstanding reviews and sold-out performances, was adapted and directed by Russell Labey.

Hoult first received critical acclaim at only 11-years-old when he starred opposite Hugh Grant in About a Boy as the young Marcus Brewer. He also starred on the acclaimed television series Skins. Other credits include Sand Castle, Jack the Giant Slayer, Young Ones, Kill Your Friends, Dark Places, Collide, Clash of the Titans, Coming Down the Mountain, Kidulthood, Wah-Wah, and The Weather Man.

Hong Chau is best known for her role in the Paramount film Downsizing as Vietnamese amputee and political activist Ngoc Lan Tran. For her performance, she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and several other awards for best-supporting actress. Before Downsizing, she appeared in the HBO television series Treme and the Warner Bros.’ film Inherent Vice. She has appeared as a guest star in several TV series, including Netflix’s Bojack Horseman and HBO’s Big Little Lie, amongst others.

Her performance in Driveways, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, earned her a Best Female Lead nomination for the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Chau can currently be seen in the HBO series Watchmen and the Amazon series Homecoming. Up next for her are two A24 films, The Whale, opposite Brendan Fraser and Showing Up (dir. Kelly Reichardt), opposite Michelle Williams. Hong is kept very busy, as she also recently wrapped on Asteroid City.

Chau was born to Vietnamese parents who lived in a refugee camp in Thailand after fleeing Vietnam in the late 1970s. After growing up in New Orleans, Chau majored in film studies at Boston University and pursued an acting career.

Mark Mylod has been the executive producer on the first three seasons of Succession on HBO. He most recently won a DGA for his directing on the season three finale. He has also collected Golden Globe and Emmy Awards for the series and was just nominated for an Emmy award for his directing on season three. Some of his other credits include The Affair, Game of Thrones, and Shameless. Mylod resides in Brooklyn.