#crackpot

FJORD.

⤷ Finished production. Premiering at Cannes Film Festival in May 2026.

The drama, based on a true story, follows the Gheorghiu family—made up of a Romanian father, Mihai (Stan) and a Norwegian mother (Reinsve). They relocate to a remote village in the mother’s homeland (Norway). Quickly forming a close bond with the neighboring Halberg family, but when troubling allegations surface, the Gheorghiu’s find themselves at the center of a small-town reckoning dealing with the scrutiny of it’s judicial system.

This is Sebastian’s first time playing a Romanian character, like himself, and acting in his mother tongue. It is his first time working with prestigious Romanian, Palm d’Or winner, director Cristian Mungiu.

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

⤷ Post-production. Release set for December 2026.

A RIVER’S GAZE

⤷ Finished production. Releases in 2026.

A coming of age film featuring a single mother, Lavinia, and her 14 year old son, Dani. Balancing building a better life for them while also being a good mother. Their story unfolds under the quiet, watchful presence of the river. Down in a valley where time flows in unpredictable ways. Grief lingers beneath the surface, carried by the undercurrent of Lavinia's unresolved love affair with her ex-partner, which shapes the choices she makes along the way.

Sebastian Stan is a producer and has also funded the film.

BURNING RAINBOW FARM

⤷ Pre-production. Filming TBD.

A drama thriller, based on a true story, following 2 gay cannabis activists, Tom Crosslin (Stan) and his lover Rollie Rohm (Woodall), who build Rainbow Farm. They confront the FBI to defend their farm and their family once their child is taken from them.

RUINS

⤷ In development. Set for 2026.

A dramatic thriller of a modern greek tragedy. The film follows a couple, Emma (Kirby) and Julian (Stan). Who arrive on a trip to house sit a friends house in Greece, with hopes of mending their frayed relationship. With their visions of the future seem to be pulling them in different ways. Yet an affair with a young Greek woman over the course of a summer in Athens threatens to crack their relationship open in a story about privilege and power, desire and intimacy.

Both Stan and Kirby are starring and producing.

CRACKPOT

⤷ In development. Production set for fall of this year.

A dramatic comedy starring Dakota Johnson & Sebastian Stan. Assumed to be the last narrative feature film Elaine May would direct since ‘Ishtar’, 30+ years ago.

LET THE EVIL GO WEST

⤷ In development. Sebastian is listed as Executive Producer.

PUMPING BLACK

⤷ In development. Sebastian is listed as Executive Producer.

RECKLESS

⤷ In development.

Set in the 80’s, this noir thriller features a former agent who’s now part-time detective, part-hired thug. ‘Ethan Reckless’ moves through the world with ruthless efficiency. Solving problems for people at the end of their rope.

FRANKENSTEIN IN ROMANIA

⤷ In development.

From Romanian, Silver Bear winner Radu Jude, the story is understood to blend the real-life existence of past secret CIA prison “Bright Light” in Romania, with the legend of the Frankenstein monster.

Sebastian is envisioned to be playing ‘both roles’, that of Victor Frankenstein and The Monster.

“Famed not so much for his mid-sixties killings of three teenage girls as for his mind-boggling fashion statements, he was sentenced to death, one suspects, for his atrocious taste. “Smitty”, as he was called, pompadoured his dyed jet-black hair and wore a thick coat of pancake over his dirty unshaven handsome face. His Casanova lips were covered in white lipstick, and he designed a quarter-size beauty mark made of putty that resembled a hideous cartoon witch’s mole. His ultimate accessory was the large filthy bandage he wore on his nose for no apparent reason. Like all models, he wished he were taller, so he stuffed his boots with a three-inch layer of tin cans and rags. Dressing conservatively for his trial didn’t seem to fool anybody. Smitty’s death sentence was later commuted to life, and except for a brief escape in 1972, he was model prisoner until murdered by fellow inmates in 1975. Charles Schmid Jr had received his final fashion review.”

/ John Waters reflecting on Charles Schmid Jr in the essay “Crimes of Fashion: A Look Inside the Criminal Wardrobe” as featured in his 1983 book Crackpot /

Quick lil Crackpot Doodle before going to bed ~

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