Zendaya is joining Tom Holland in the Christopher Nolan film – the couple’s first non-Spider-Man project together

Zendaya will star alongside her boyfriend Tom Holland in an upcoming film – and no, it’s not the fourth Spider-Man film.

The Emmy-winning actor, 28, has signed with Universal alongside newly announced Anne Hathaway for director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming project.

The actors join previously announced cast members Matt Damon and Holland, it is said deadline.

The untitled film marks Zendaya and Holland’s first appearance together in a non-Spider-Man film. The couple, who confirmed their relationship in 2021, are preparing to film the fourth installment of the superhero franchise in summer 2025.

The British actor, also 28, and the euphoria The star first met on the set of 2016 Spider-Man: Homecoming. They subsequently sparked romance rumors in 2017 but did not confirm their romance until July 2021 Page six posted photos of them kissing in a car.

The two then appeared against each other in 2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home and 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Holland recently confirmed that he had agreed to star in Nolan’s next film without knowing what it was about. The Crowded space The actor described Nolan’s offer as “the call of a lifetime” and said it was like being offered the role of Peter Parker a decade ago.

“All I can say is that I’m incredibly excited,” he said Good morning America in October. “And of course I’m honored, but that’s all I can say because to be honest, that’s all I know.”

Earlier this year, Nolan’s wife and longtime collaborator Emma Thomas announced details about the filmmaker’s follow-up to his 2023 epic. Oppenheimer – which won seven Oscars, including best picture.

“I would say it is very exciting. This is the moment where the possibilities are kind of limitless, we haven’t started thinking about practicalities or anything like that,” the producer revealed in a May interview Rich Magazine. “Oppenheimer has been so absurdly successful and we feel like we have a chance.”

While the untitled project marks the first time that Zendaya and Holland will appear in a Nolan film, it is the third Nolan film for Hathaway, who previously appeared in The Dark Knight rises And Interstellar. Damon also appeared in Interstellaras well as portrayed Lt General Leslie Groves in Oppenheimer.

Zendaya has been busy all year, starting with the release of Dune: Part Two in March. Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction adaptation was followed by Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama challengerpublished in April.

The Disney Channel alum was last spotted in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is filming the A24 film The drama alongside Robert Pattinson.