A24 has today debuted the first official trailer for Mother Mary, David Lowery’s genre-bending dive into fame, friendship, and the fractures that form beneath the spotlight. Led by Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, the film frames pop stardom as both spectacle and pressure cooker, charting the uneasy reunion of singer Mother Mary (Hathaway) and her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Coel) on the eve of a high-stakes comeback performance.
Shot in and around Cologne, Germany, the film marks one of Hathaway’s most demanding roles to date. Speaking to Vogue, she revealed she began filming before hearing any of the original songs her character performs. “I had to submit to being a beginner,” she said, calling the process “the most challenging role of my entire career.” It required a mindset shift – embracing uncertainty, leaning into the rough edges, and letting the character’s instability shape her performance.
Those songs, eventually written by Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX – with contributions from FKA Twigs, who also appears in the film – were shaped directly by Hathaway’s on-screen presence. Charli XCX explained that early footage informed the sonic direction: “Anne’s movement was super graphic, very thrashing and jerky and bold… volatile and gripping, so Jack and I went away and thought about that.”
The supporting cast includes Hunter Schafer, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Alba Baptista, and Sian Clifford, rounding out a lineup that leans heavily into boundary-pushing performers from across film, fashion, and music.
Mother Mary hits cinemas in April 2026. Watch the trailer below.
