Vanessa Kirby and Sebastian Stan are starring in a new movie together, and no, it’s not Avengers: Doomsday. Deadline reports Kirby and Stan will star in Ruins, Miramax’s adaptation of the upcoming novel by Amy Taylor
Here’s a synopsis of the book:
At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives in Greece to house-sit for a friend. Emma is searching for a meaningful next step beyond work or starting a family, and Julian is struggling to come to terms with the failure of his academic career. Their visions for the future seem to be pulling them in different directions, and they hope that this summer away will help them mend their frayed connection.
Emma and Julian’s plans take an unexpected turn when they meet Lena, an enigmatic young Greek woman, who presents an opportunity for them to explore their relationship in uncharted and excitingly risky ways. However, as the heat in the city grows stifling, Emma and Julian find themselves far more entangled in Lena’s life than they’d bargained for. Engaged in a three-way struggle for control, Emma, Julian, and Lena are suddenly faced with consequences far greater—and far more explosive—than they could have predicted.
Voyeuristic and thrilling, Ruins delivers the drama of a modern Greek tragedy while exposing the tensions between privilege and power, desire and intimacy.
It’s been an amazing year for Stan, who recently received an Oscar nomination for his performance as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, and he won a Golden Globe for starring in A Different Man. He was also recently seen in two Marvel films, Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*. Along with Kirby, he’ll have a role in Avengers: Doomsday. Kirby will appear (or disappear?) as Invisible Woman Sue Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Ruins doesn’t yet have a director attached, but it shouldn’t be difficult to find one with these two headlining.
