Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley to reunite for Benh Zeitlin's 'Hold On to Your Angels'

Mescal and Buckley have worked on 'The Lost Daughter' and Oscar winning film 'Hamnet'

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are set to reunite on screen once again for Hold On to Your Angels, a new outlaw romance from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Benh Zeitlin, best known for Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The project is already heading to the Cannes market and is being described as an epic love story set against the collapsing landscapes of South Louisiana.

The film follows a “hell-bound outlaw” played by Mescal and a “ferocious shepherd of lost souls” portrayed by Buckley as the pair fall into a destructive romance while their bayou world slowly crumbles around them. Zeitlin wrote the screenplay and will direct the movie, which he described as “an outlaw romance for the end of America.”

The film marks another collaboration between Mescal and Buckley following their acclaimed work together in Hamnet and The Lost Daughter. Their emotional performances in Hamnet were widely praised during the 2025 awards season, with Buckley eventually winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the Chloé Zhao-directed drama.

Zeitlin reportedly conceived the project years ago while working on Beasts of the Southern Wild, and the movie is being positioned as both a sweeping romance and a meditation on disappearing communities in coastal Louisiana. Production is expected to begin in early 2027.

The announcement has already sparked excitement online, particularly among film fans eager to see Mescal and Buckley reunite after Hamnet. Reddit users also reacted enthusiastically to Zeitlin’s long-awaited return to filmmaking, with one commenter writing that the combination of Mescal, Buckley, and Zeitlin could either become “a masterpiece” or “emotionally ruin everyone.”