Since it looks like we aren’t invited to Zendaya’s wedding to Tom Holland, this will have to do: watching her walk down the aisle (or not?) with Robert Pattinson.
A24’s latest offering, The Drama, is a modern rom-dram-com about Z and R.Patz on the verge of tying the knot. If that sounds vague, well, yeah. But here’s what we know for sure.…
Who’s in the cast of The Drama?
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play Emma and Charlie, the central lovebirds.
Alana Haim and Mamadou Athie (Jurassic World: Dominion) appear to play their best friends, also a married couple, who stick by Charlie after, well, the Drama.
Michael Abbott Jr. (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sydney Lemmon (Succession), and Hailey Gates (Challengers) also have supporting roles and are seen at the wedding, while Zoë Winters (Succession) plays their wedding photographer.
What is The Drama about?
The logline reads: “Days before their wedding, a couple’s relationship is shaken when one partner discovers unsettling truths about the other.” While we previously thought “discovered” meant that suspicions led to investigation led to discovery, the trailer revealed two key points. First, it’s Emma (Zendaya) who committed some unspeakable act in her past, and second, that she confesses almost out of the blue when challenged by her friends to admit the worst thing she’s ever done. We also learn that Emma doesn’t have much experience in love, pre-Charlie.
The Drama is written and directed by Kristoff Borgli, a Norwegian filmmaker whose most recent project, Dream Scenario, starred Nicolas Cage.
Everyone’s gagged for the poster.
They knew what they were doing with this. They knew if they put Pattinson in a T-shirt and glasses and rumpled his hair and posed the two of them casually in a grainy photo that people would think, for a millisecond, that he might be Tom Holland.
The moment the poster went live on Instagram, commenters rushed in to post that one GIF of Spider-Man fighting Batman (for Zendaya). They also pointed out that with Pattinson joining the cast of the third Dune film, he and Zendaya will costar in three films released in 2026 (they are also both in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey).
Is there a trailer?
Oh yeah. And it reveals a lot without revealing The Thing. We see Charlie and Emma’s meet cute at a café and see some of their domestic bliss, from funny pranks to Emma’s unusual laugh.
We also get a cleverly spoiler-free taste of the big twist, revealed during a double date. Alana Haim’s character challenges them all to reveal the worst thing they’ve ever done, and we see that for Pattinson, Haim, and Athie, these admissions generate shock and laughter. But when Zendaya drops her truth bomb, everyone gets angry, disgusted, and scared.
Did she kill someone? Kidnap someone? Assault someone? We’ll know soon!
Here’s the teaser, released prior, that shows the strained relationship between Emma and Charlie after this horrible secret comes to light:
When is The Drama’s release date?
Save the date: The Drama hits theaters April 3, 2026.
This post will be updated.
