A hot package will be shopped around the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Sacrifice features heavy hitters such as Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans, Salma Hayek, and Brendan Fraser.

Deadline is reporting on the new Cannes-bound package. The film will commence shooting in September. The logline reads: A high-end charity gala is raided by a violent group of radicals on a mythical quest to fulfill a prophecy.

As for the cast, Taylor-Joy is playing the film's “passionate antagonist.” Evans will be “the movie star she has tapped to die” along with Salma Hayek and Brendan Fraser's characters. Taylor-Joy and Evans will both produce the film.

Where did the inspiration for Sacrifice come from? 

Romain Gavras will direct the film. He discussed it with Deadline for their report and how the film's story came together.

“It came from a very simple idea, which is every time you go to those events, whether it's in Cannes, whether it's a charity event and where you have all those people, the mischievous side of me, and I think the audience as well when they're watching those events, they kind of want something to go really horribly wrong,” he said. “When you see glitzy people and all the shininess and all that stuff, you want that moment to be twisted, right?

“I was raised myself on Greek mythology,” he continued. “Instead of being fed new movies when I was a kid, my parents were telling me these Greek tales, where a mom eats her kids and of sacrifices to volcanoes. Those things fed me and led to the idea of having a group of kids that have a very specific agenda that comes from a very mythological kind of belief system. There is the fondness of satire and Will is amazing at the sharpness of the tone of the characters and the humanity of them. I am so excited by our cast.”

Who are Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Evans?

Anya Taylor-Joy is an award-winning actress most known for her roles in The Witch, Split, Glass, and Thoroughbreds. She also gained notoriety for her roles in Peaky Blinders, Emma, and Netflix's Queen's Gambit.

Her other recent credits include Last Night in Soho, The Menu, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. She was also featured in Dune: Part Two as Paul Atreides' sister, Alia. Coming up, she will star in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Taylor-Joy plays the title role in George Miller's latest installment in the Mad Max franchise.

Chris Evans is widely associated with his tenure in the MCU as Captain America. He also gained recognition for playing the Human Torch in Fox's Fantastic Four series. Outside of the MCU, Evans starred in Snowpiercer and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Recently, Evans has been expanding his portfolio since his MCU tenure ended. He has starred in Knives Out, Lightyear, The Gray Man, and Ghosted. Evans will star alongside Dwayne Johnson in Red One later in 2024.

On the small screen, Evans starred in Apple TV+'s Defending Jacob. He also returned to the Scott Pilgrim franchise as Lucas Lee in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.