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Ari Aster Adds Six Actors to A24 Thriller ‘Scapegoat’
Ari Aster is directing Scapegoat, a new thriller for studio A24.
Six actors have joined the cast: Spenser Granese, Keen Ruffalo, Jared Abrahamson, Brock Yurich, Indiana Affleck and Finn Harry.
The film already includes Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi and Jude Law, as well as Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones, Samba Schutte and Cory Michael Smith.
The story and characters remain undisclosed, and different accounts have described possible plots, but none has been confirmed.
Aster wrote the script, and his partner Lars Knudsen is producing through Square Peg.
No release date or further production details are provided.
Ari Aster has added six actors to the cast of his A24 thriller, Scapegoat.
The new cast members are Spenser Granese, Keen Ruffalo, Jared Abrahamson, Brock Yurich, Indiana Affleck and Finn Harry.
Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, Jude Law, Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones, Samba Schutte and Cory Michael Smith were previously announced for the film.
Aster is directing from his own script, and character details and the film’s logline have not been disclosed.
The film’s plot remains unclear, and Johansson said she did not know what it was about.
- Who
- Director Ari Aster and six newly announced cast members: Spenser Granese, Keen Ruffalo, Jared Abrahamson, Brock Yurich, Indiana Affleck and Finn Harry.
- What
- Six actors have joined the cast of Aster’s A24 thriller, Scapegoat.
- When
- The casting news was reported on November 11, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, Jude Law, Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones, Samba Schutte and Cory Michael Smith had been announced for the cast.
Deadline reported that Spenser Granese, Keen Ruffalo, Jared Abrahamson, Brock Yurich, Indiana Affleck and Finn Harry had joined the cast.
- Director and writer
- Ari Aster
- Production company
- A24
- New cast members
- Spenser Granese, Keen Ruffalo, Jared Abrahamson, Brock Yurich, Indiana Affleck and Finn Harry
- Previously announced cast
- Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, Jude Law, Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones, Samba Schutte and Cory Michael Smith
- Plot details
- Character details and the logline are being kept under wraps
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What people are saying
I don’t know what it is either,
I’ll have more information for you after a few weeks.
The script is just so intense. It has this immediacy to it that is really different. I’ve never read anything like it before.