Benedict Wong and Franz Rogowski Join A24’s ‘The Masque of the Red Death’

Benedict Wong (Weapons) and Franz Rogowski (Passages) have joined the cast of A24’s The Masque of the Red Death. They join the previously announced Mikey Madison (Scream 2022) and Léa Seydoux (No Time to Die). The “wildly revisionist and darkly comedic” take on Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1842 on gothic horror story is written and directed by Charlie Polinger (The Plague). Madison is said to be playing twin…

Caroline C Ryan

February 11, 2026

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Benedict Wong (Weapons) and Franz Rogowski (Passages) have joined the cast of A24’s The Masque of the Red Death.

They join the previously announced Mikey Madison (Scream 2022) and Léa Seydoux (No Time to Die).

The “wildly revisionist and darkly comedic” take on Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1842 on gothic horror story is written and directed by Charlie Polinger (The Plague).

Madison is said to be playing twin sisters in a story that sees a mad prince take in the noble class into his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry. The long-lost twin, hidden among the lower class, enter the castle and into a decadent world of orgies, opium, power schemes, revenge, and decapitations.

Seydoux will play a scheming lady-in-waiting who is conniving her way to the top.

Julia Hammer and Erik Feig are producing for Picturestart with James Presson and Lucy McKendrick. Polinger executive produces.

Deadline first reported on the new cast additions.