If you thought Hollywood had run out of ways to reinvent the romantic comedy, think again! Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are here to bring the meaning of “pre-wedding jitters” to a whole new level.
Their new film, The Drama, is already shaping up to be the move everyone will be talking about for 2026. Funny, original, and a little bit too real- there are parts of all of us in this film.
And thanks to A24’s not so subtle hint in the film title- The Drama is sure to have plenty of the chaotic scenes we all love to watch.
Who is in the cast of The Drama?
Beloved A-lister, Zendaya, stars as bookstore clerk from Baton Rouge, Emma Harwood, while Robert Pattinson plays her museum director fiancé, Charlie Thompson.
Their characters share an emotionally turbulent relationship that jumps between awkward to passionate, very unlike their respective relationships in real life with Tom Holland and Suki Waterhouse– those seem smooth sailing!
The cast also includes Alana Haim, Michael Abbott Jr. (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sydney Lemmon (Succession), Mamadou Athie (Jurassic World: Dominion), and Hailey Gates (Challengers).
What is the plot of The Drama?
At first glance, The Drama looks like a sweet indie love story about a couple living in Boston. They’re engaged, they’re planning a wedding, but then the title kicks in.
Just days before the ceremony, one of them stumbles onto some “unsettling truths” about the other- the kind of truths that turn the most exciting time of your life into the most anxiety-filled.
The trailer shows their increasingly unhinged pre-wedding spiral which includes: a photoshoot so awkward it makes family dinners seem fun, a mysterious bloody nose, Zendaya drinking alone in her wedding dress like something out of a Lana Del Rey music video, and the slow dissolving of a relationship that maybe shouldn’t have been heading to the altar in the first place.
Why is everyone so obsessed with The Drama already?
Aside from the fact it has two of Hollywoods biggest actors involved, The Drama’s unique plot has garnered it huge virality on Reddit where A24 fans are calling it “intense” and “original” in the best way.
And even though they haven’t done the full marketing rollout yet, the newspaper engagment announcement featuring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson was enough to be sent into every groupchat.
When is the release date?
Although we haven’t received the invite for Zendaya and Tom Holland’s wedding, we have received the next best thing- the chance to watch her fake wedding to Robert Pattinson in The Drama on its release date of April 3, 2026.
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