Lily Rose Depp and Jacob Elordi are among the top
rising stars of Hollywood. Though they are much younger, their
portfolios proudly boast some of the top commercial and critical hits in
the past year. While Elordi has shone bright in Euphoria
and Priscilla,
Depp has gained attention and praise for Voyagers, The King
, and last year’s Oscar-nominated, gothic horror Nosferatu.
Now, Depp is ready for another
gothic project, this time joining hands with Elordi for Outer Dark
.
The actors have been announced the leading face of
this upcoming forbidden romance based on a famous novel.
Cast of the upcoming Outer Dark
Lily Rose
Depp and Jacob Elordi will be taking charge in the dark romance, Outer Dark
, playing twisted siblings in
this cinematic adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s book, published in
1968. Depp is expected to play the role of Rinthy, while Elordy will be playing
her brother Culla.
Also presented in the novel are the characters of The
Tinker and a mystery group of three nameless people who pose a threat to the
antagonists. But besides the main lead, which actors are going to be a part of this adaptation is not known yet.
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But book lovers are sure to find a great adaptation which
already had entertained the readers decades with its gripping storyline.
Story line of the upcoming Gothic drama
In the book Outer Dark, Cormac McCarthy explored the dark theme
of a bloodline affair, which sees a young lady, Rinthy, giving birth to her brother Culla’s
child. Things, already distorted, take an even worse turn when her brother lies to Rinthy
about the infant’s death and eventual burial of the child in a deep forest, but
actually hid it. As she learns of this deception, Rinthy sets out on her own
to find the infant. But as the siblings get separated, moving through the countryside, three
strangers start tailing them, bringing bad omens with them.
🎬 Jacob Elordi & Lily-Rose Depp to star in ‘OUTER DARK’ a film based on author Cormac McCarthy’s dark 1968 novel.
Set in Appalachia during the Great Depression and tells of a young woman who bears her brother’s baby. pic.twitter.com/tSnETnMOxf
— Best of Jacob Elordi (@BestJacobElordi) May 16, 2025
Outer Dark
is set in Appalachia during the Great Depression and will be
made by Oscar-winning Son Of Saul
filmmaker Laszlo Nemes. He has written
the screenplay with Clara Royer and is also producing the movie alongside Mike
Goodridge. About the
project, Nemes has said at Cannes, since reading the book, it has been his
dream to make it into a film, and to find the appropriate cinematic language
that would do justice to Cormac McCarthy’s evocative and cosmological work.
Release date of Outer Dark
As eager and
excited are the fans are over this adaptation, they would have to wait as the movie
and the lead cast have just been announced. The movie is expected to be released
somewhere in 2026, but we do not have a fixed date yet, although Laszlo
Nemes feels that he has found the perfect cast in the two magnetic actors.
Jacob Elordi & Lily-Rose to star in Cormac McCarthy adaptation «Outer Dark»!!!
Set in Appalachia during the Great Depression and tells of a young woman who bears her brother’s baby. pic.twitter.com/oDUIbgMuLh
— Lily-Rose Depp Club (@lilyrosedrus) May 16, 2025
Nemes is more than excited to roll the cameras soon on this exciting road movie, which he called “a terrible and beautiful journey into the labyrinth of the human soul.”
As Lily Rose Depp, who had her previous gothic experience with Nosferatu
,
prepares to bring her charm with Jacob Elordi, how their chemistry plays out on the screen remains to be seen.
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