With filming wrapping up in a few days on Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The Neon Demon, the first official images have now arrived. While the cast features Jena Malone, Karl Glusman, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu Reeves, the first pair of stills focus on our lead Elle Fanning, and one alongside her director.
The story follows Fanning as Jesse, an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles, and her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
According to Refn’s wife Live Corfixen (via Dazed Digital) the film is based on Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, who was a female serial killer (reportedly the most prolific of her kind), known for killing and torturing young women some 400 years ago. Also, Refn acquired a great deal of Christian films before production, so take that as you will. Set to be finished early next year, check out the images above and below.
