Materialists: Release date news, cast details, and more about Celine Song’s new movie

Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal star in Materialists, director Celine Song's return after her beloved Past Lives. It is her second collaboration with the A24 Studio. The film has just received an official release date and a poster, which looks particularly old-school. It shows the three stars dressed up for a sophisticated function. Underneath, the quote reads,

"Some people just want more."

Materialists, previously titled The Materialists, is a romantic comedy set in New York and follows a love triangle. Evans and Pascal will play Johnson's two lovers. Song has written the film's script.

Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler from Killer Films have produced the film along with David Hinojosa from 2AM.A24, and Sony Studio hold the film's distribution rights. It will be released in the United States on June 13, 2025.

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When does Materialists come out in 2025? Release date revealed

A24 has announced that Celine Song's Materialists will be released on 13 June 2025 in the US theaters. Its principal photography began toward the end of April 2024 in New York. It wrapped the production in June.

It marks Song's follow-up to her directorial debut feature, Past Lives, which was nominated for two Academy Awards. Song herself received a nomination for writing the film's screenplay. It became one of the most anticipated films of 2023 shortly after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. When asked about her experience in the film, Song told The Hollywood Reporter,

“The grounding force in making my first movie is that, when I was looking at my short list of things that I do know, I knew that those were things that only I could know, which is story and character.”

Dakota Johnson starrer marks Song's second romance narrative project set in New York. Her 2023 film also followed a love triangle, played by Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro.

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Materialists plot details explored - What happens in this Dakota Johnson starrer?

The latest Celine Song film follows Dakota Johnson as a New York-based matchmaker caught between her present and ex-lover. Its official logline reads,

"A matchmaker's lucrative business is complicated when she falls into a toxic love triangle that threatens her clients."

According to Digital Spy, the present lover happens to be a "wealthy man with whom the matchmaker has recently begun a relationship," and the ex-lover is a "broke actor-waiter whom she still harbors feelings for." However, it's not clear which one of those roles Chris Evans or Pedro Pascal will play.

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Materialists cast and characters explored: Who plays whom in this romantic comedy film?

Materialists will show Dakota Johnson's return after her critically panned Madame Web. She will also star in Verity, a romance thriller featuring Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett.

Besides Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal make up the film's central cast. Both stars have a few other projects coming up. Evans will be seen in Romain Gavras' star-studded Sacrifice, whereas Pascal's schedule is packed with MCU's The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Ari Aster's Eddington, and the second season of HBO's The Last of Us.

Here's the list of the rest of the confirmed cast:

• Dasha Nekrasova (Succession, The Beast)
• Zoë Winters (Succession, Flatbush Misdemeanors)
• Louisa Jacobson (The Gilded Age, Gone Hollywood)
• Marin Ireland (Hell or High Water, Sneaky Pete)