Olivia Wilde’s highly anticipated “Don’t Worry Darling” — her second movie as a director, following 2019′s “Booksmart” —
Stars Oscar nominee Florence Pugh and singer Harry Styles in his first leading film role.
The period drama and sci-fi thriller is set to make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Sept.
5 before a theatrical release on Sept. 23, as the fall awards season ramps up.
But what’s happening behind the scenes has generated an outsize amount of media attention and internet speculation,
with fans and social media observers leaving no stone unturned and mulling over every nugget of information.
Among the areas of intrigue: While neither has commented on it publicly, Wilde and Styles reportedly began dating sometime in late 2020, during production on the film.
Much of the drama surrounding the movie came to a head this week due to a Variety profile of Wilde, in which she spoke out about some of the major headlines for the first time.
If you’ve struggled to piece together the various threads and keep up with the sheer amount of details and players — with some tangential to the film itself — here’s what has transpired so far.