Mother Mary, the bold new visionary film from David Lowery, stars Anne Hathaway as a global pop superstar at the edge of her own reinvention, and Michaela Coel as the visionary fashion designer whose creations once shaped her public identity.
Also starring in the film are Hunter Schafer, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Alba Baptista, Isaura Barbé-Brown, with Sian Clifford, and FKA Twigs.
Directed by David Lowery, A24 will release the film in theaters in April 2026.
Here is the synopsis: Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance.
In an interview with Vogue, Hathaway described the intensity of the role saying, “What struck me right away, reading the script, is that you can’t ‘perform’ Mother Mary.” She added, “If I got the part, I would have to become material David could craft with.”
Describing shooting a pivotal sequence near the end of the film, Lowery recalled, “It felt like shooting Apocalypse Now. At one point Annie broke down and said, ‘I have to apologize, because I think what’s going to come out of me will hurt you.’ And Michaela took her hands and said, ‘I love you, I trust you.’ ”
“We were in various stages of that for about a week, shooting that scene, added Coel. “David’s writing is so vivid—we were forced into an intensity.”
Watch the official trailer for Mother Mary above.
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