Sofia Coppola and Kirsten Dunst, who used to work together as directors, won’t be working together again on a period film that was in the works. Coppola said in a recent update that the period piece with Dunst, which was supposed to come out in 2026, has been quietly put on hold and is no longer moving forward.
Sources say that the project is being put on hold because the studio’s priorities are changing and both Coppola and Dunst have scheduling conflicts. The untitled period drama was supposed to be a sequel to their famous work together on movies like “The Virgin Suicides” and “Marie Antoinette,” but the studio never gave it a firm green light.
Coppola has also shown interest in other types of movies, like more modern ones or ones that focus on characters. This may have made her change her mind about making a period film.
Fans of the Coppola-Dunst creative partnership will be sad to hear this news, since the two have long been seen as one of the most unique director-actor pairs in modern cinema. Dunst has a lot of work coming up, like Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down and a crime-comedy movie with Channing Tatum. Coppola is still a popular director for high-end dramas.
People in the industry say that if the scrapped period film is ever brought back, it could be recast or reworked with a different star. However, no plans for this have been made public yet.
