Samara Weaving joins Olivia Wilde's Naughty holiday comedy

The cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage, and Regina Hall.

Samara Weaving joins Olivia Wilde's Naughty holiday comedy

The cast of Olivia Wilde’s next feature film just keeps on growing. Ready Or Not star Samara Weaving is the latest actor to join Wilde’s upcoming holiday comedy for Universal Pictures, titled Naughty, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jimmy Warden wrote the film and will produce, along with Wilde. Warden previously wrote the screenplays for Cocaine Bear and Bordeline (which, coincidentally, starred Weaving). Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage, Regina Hall, Chase Sui Wonders, and Ike Barinholtz will also star. Naughty is described as “Bridesmaids in the North Pole,” suggesting it’ll be a raunchy holiday movie. The film centers on a mother played by Aniston, “whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex (Barinholtz) is to find Santa Claus (Dinklage) and convince him to testify in her divorce hearing.” According to THR, Weaving will play Barinholtz’s on-screen mistress.

Wilde has been attached to direct the film since 2023. She’s coming off a big year, directing and starring in A24’s sharp comedy-drama The Invite opposite Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton. Filmed in about 21 days and on a modest budget, the movie scored $60 million at the global box office over the summer, which must have felt extremely validating for Wilde, who fought for a theatrical release. She also starred in Gregg Araki’s screwball comedy I Want Your Sex. Weaving has been busy lately, too. This year, she starred in Over Your Dead Body and Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come. She can also add “Marvel star” to her resume after landing the role of Emma Frost in Jake Schreier’s upcoming X-Men reboot. 

 
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