Anora Best Actress Oscar winner Mikey Madison is in talks to replace Sydney Sweeney in A24's feature take of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".

Madison replaces Sydney Sweeney, who sources say dropped from the project due to scheduling conflicts. Polinger and Lucy McKendrick will executive produce. A24 has acquired worldwide distribution rights for the film.

Madison will next star in "Reptilia" alongside Kirsten Dunst. The thriller tells the story of a dental hygienist who is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade. Alejandro Landes Echavarría, the filmmaker behind the hallucinatory hostage drama "Monos", will direct the feature.

Madison will reportedly portray twin sisters in a world where a mad prince welcomes wealthy elites into his castle as plague spreads across the land. The long-lost twin, who lives among the lower class, enters the castle in what is an atmosphere of drugs, sex and game of thrones as Prospero throws a masquerade ball in seven rooms, each decorated with a different color. In the original short, a mysterious figure enters the castle disguised as a Red Death victim. Prospero dies after confronting the stranger, along with many other guests.

There have been several adaptations of Poe’s Masque of the Red Death over the years, the most famous of which is the Roger Corman movie starring Vincent Price, which was released in 1964.

Source: Press Release