{"id":186931,"date":"2025-08-14T23:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/isla-johnston-in-talks-to-play-joan-of-arc-in-baz-luhrmanns-new-movie\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T23:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:43:37","slug":"isla-johnston-in-talks-to-play-joan-of-arc-in-baz-luhrmanns-new-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/isla-johnston-in-talks-to-play-joan-of-arc-in-baz-luhrmanns-new-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Isla Johnston In Talks to Play Joan of Arc in Baz Luhrmann\u2019s New Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>Newcomer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/isla-johnston\/\" title=\"Isla Johnston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Isla Johnston<\/strong><\/a> is in talks to play the lead role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/baz-luhrmann\/\" title=\"Baz Luhrmann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Baz Luhrmann<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s next movie!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jehanne d\u2019Arc<\/em><\/strong> is the acclaimed director\u2019s next movie, following the life of Joan of Arc. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/joan-of-arc-isla-johnston-baz-luhrmann-jehanne-darc-movie-1236486744\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/joan-of-arc-isla-johnston-baz-luhrmann-jehanne-darc-movie-1236486744\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reports that <strong>Isla<\/strong>, 18, has been offered the role. The report says that <strong>Baz <\/strong>\u201cwinnowed the field down to a small group of youngsters before deciding on <strong>Johnston<\/strong>.\u201d The role is said to be a \u201cpotential career-making opportunity for the actress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2133826\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Isla<\/strong> was previously seen as the young version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/anya-taylor-joy\/\" title=\"Anya Taylor Joy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anya Taylor-Joy<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s character Beth Harmon in the Netflix series <em>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em> back in 2020, as pictured here. <\/p>\n<p>The plot of the movie has not yet been revealed, but Deadline notes how \u201cJoan was burned at the stake in the 1400s after leading the troops in the Siege of Orleans and pressing for the coronation of Charles VII as the French king during the 100 Year War. She is considered a patron saint of France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Jehanne d\u2019Arc<\/em> will mark <strong>Luhrmann<\/strong>\u2018s first movie since 2022\u2032s <em>Elvis<\/em>. He\u2019s also known for directing <em>Moulin Rouge<\/em>, <em>The Great Gatsby<\/em>, and <em>Romeo + Juliet<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/14\/isla-johnston-in-talks-to-play-joan-of-arc-in-baz-luhrmanns-new-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcomer Isla Johnston is in talks to play the lead role in Baz Luhrmann\u2018s next movie! Jehanne d\u2019Arc is the acclaimed director\u2019s next movie, following the life of Joan of Arc. Deadline reports that Isla, 18, has been offered the role. The report says that Baz \u201cwinnowed the field down to a small group of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-186931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}