Gracie Abrams Will Make Her Acting Debut in ‘Babygirl’ Filmmaker Halina Reijn’s New A24 Film

The Grammy nominee and "Babygirl" filmmaker are teaming up for a new feature, and while details are slim, Reijn told us last year she remains interested in "themes of violence, masculinity."

A24 and filmmaker Halina Reijn heard our prayers: please, more from the “Babygirl” and “Instinct” writer and director!

The entertainment shingle and the Dutch filmmaker/actress announced today that they are reteaming for Reijn’s fourth feature, “Please,” which will also feature the acting debut of Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Gracie Abrams.

While details are slim (today’s official press release simply noted that “details remain under wraps”), we do know that Reijn will write, direct, and produce the feature, and its starring role will be Abrams’ first turn in front of the camera. David Hinojosa will also produce, re-teaming with Reijn for the third time. Zach Nutman will executive produce.

At last year’s Golden Globes, Reijn hinted to IndieWire what she was working on next. At the time, Variety reported that Reijn was working on the script for her next project and, while on the red carpet at the Palm Springs International Film Awards, suggested A24 may be involved once again.

“I’m obsessed with them. I feel they’re like a cult. You can’t just get out of it,” Reijn told IndieWire while on the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet. In teasing details for the project, she added, “I think it’s going to be really different. I like to go into themes of violence, masculinity.”

In speaking to IndieWire about her Nicole Kidman-starring “Babygirl,” Reijn was open about her approach to onscreen sex and sexuality. While it’s not yet known if “Please” will tackle similar themes as both “Babygirl” and her debut “Instinct,” they seem to be the ideas that compel her the most. As an actress herself, Reijn brings real experience to the set that we expect will be helpful for Abrams. (And, no, Abrams, the daughter of filmmaker J.J. Abrams and producer Katie McGrath, is no stranger to film sets.)

“I’ve been an actress, so I’ve experienced a lot of men sitting in high chairs with North Face jackets, eating pizzas while I was crawling around like a turtle on my back. And I hated that feeling,” she told IndieWire in 2024. “I thought, ‘What the fuck are you doing in that chair?’ I would feel, sometimes, the enjoyment of that power, and them saying — this is all before #MeToo — ‘just try something,’ where there wasn’t [anything] even on paper or in the choreography, nothing. What’s so scary about that is you don’t know what the boundaries of your scene partner are… it’s incredibly traumatizing. I’m obsessed with intimacy coordinators. I’m in love with them, not only on set but what they can do with your writing. If you use them in the right way, they are just as useful as a stunt coordinator and just as important. I wish I had one as an actress, but unfortunately, they were nowhere to be seen.”

A24 previously released Reijn’s “Babygirl” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies” and later picked up her debut film, “Instinct.”