Jenna Ortega is set to appear in French director Leos Carax‘s upcoming flick Lily May B.
The Wednesday star, 23, will head up the upcoming film which begins shooting in spring 2027.
The official synopsis reads: “Once upon a time, there was a little girl, a young woman and a young boy. They each held a secret too heavy to bear. They met in an ‘end-of-the-world’ world, and together rode a big motorcycle (through empty cities, deserted freeways, immemorial forests). On their journey, they encountered many dangers, but kept going. In search of who they were; in search of a place to B, maybe?”
The full cast will be unveiled in September.
Carax said in a statement issued to Deadline: “Leos Carax is one of the reasons I fell in love with Cinema.
“Lily May B carries forward his singular vision with the freedom, raw emotion, and visual power that are uniquely his. Seeing this universe meet Jenna Ortega’s immense talent today feels simply natural. We will announce in September the whole extraordinary cast.”
In 2021, Carax directed Annette - a music‑driven drama written by American pop and rock duo Sparks and starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard - a project that earned him the Best Director prize at that year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Meanwhile, Jenna recently admitted she almost "called it quits" in acting before landing her role in You.
The actress - who got started on children's TV shows like Richie Rich and Stuck In The Middle - considered walking away from her career on screen before she was cast as Ellie Alves in the second season of Netflix thriller You.
She told Kid Cudi's Big Bro podcast: "I didn’t know what else I was gonna do. I’ve never really considered anything else, more so recently, just out of sake of curiosity and wanting another life experience.
"But when I was a teenager, I’d gotten off a children’s show, and I didn’t know what I was going to do. I had to prove myself and meet all these new casting directors who didn’t know who I was.
“It just felt like a good time to call it quits if I was going to. I was starting high school, and, ‘it was a good run’ sort of thing."
Jenna got as far as spending "a few months" chatting about the situation with her team, but You was enough to change her mind.
She recalled: "We had talked about it for a few months with my team.
"And then, I think I booked that show You, and then I went on that set, and I loved it and had the best time. I thought, ‘Yeah, there’s no way I could let this go.'”
Since then, Jenna has landed roles in the likes of X, Scream VI, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
