Cooper Hoffman is getting his own “Boogie Nights” breakout moment.
The actor, whose father is late icon Philip Seymour Hoffman, is set to star in Gregg Araki‘s upcoming psychosexual thriller “I Want Your Sex.” Hoffman will co-lead the film will Olivia Wilde. Variety first reported the casting.
The official synopsis reads: “When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.”
Hoffman previously starred in “Licorice Pizza” and will appear in the upcoming “Saturday Night” about the origins of “SNL.”
“I Want Your Sex” is written by Araki and Karley Sciortino (“Slutever,” “Now Apocalypse”). Araki, Sciortino, Seth Caplan, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler produce, with John Friedberg, Joanne Roberts Wiles, and Courtney L. Cunniff executive producing. Black Bear is fully financing the film and represents international rights; CAA Media Finance is set to handle U.S. rights. The film will go into production in Los Angeles in October 2024.
Araki recently told IndieWire that “I Want Your Sex” is “a comedy, but it’s still one of my movies,” referencing his signature darkness.
“It’s about Gen Z, and it has a little bit of that old movie ‘Secretary,’ another ‘old indie movie’ from the ‘90s,” Araki said. “One thing that is striking about talking about the ‘90s and the current day is the current generation doesn’t have sex. I found that so shocking and strange. Looking back on my life, sex and sexuality and sexual identity have been key to my entire being and life and development as a person, and that’s why my films tend to always focus on those.”
Araki further teased, “Olivia plays an artist in the movie, and she says things in the movie that I have said in interviews about how sex and sexuality are kind of what make us human. They’re such an important part of growing up and figuring out who you are, so that’s part of the movie, the importance of sexuality, and Gen Z and how they’re not having sex.”
Read IndieWire’s interview with the auteur also revisiting “Mysterious Skin” here.
