Overview
- A provocative teaser trailer and poster were released in early June and Magnolia Pictures confirmed a nationwide theatrical release for July 31, 2026.
- The film marks director Gregg Araki’s return to features after a 12-year hiatus and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
- Olivia Wilde plays artist Erika Tracy and Cooper Hoffman plays Elliot, an assistant who becomes her sexual muse, and the cast also includes Charli XCX, Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, and Roxane Mesquida.
- Coverage emphasizes explicit, R-rated marketing that pairs sex-positive comedy with darker thriller elements and teases mystery without revealing plot outcomes.
- Araki reshaped the project over a decade, abandoning an early gender-role flip after the #MeToo era and recasting the screenplay to probe reports of Gen Z having less sex.