Olivia Wilde and Gael Garcia Bernal Are Bringing Back the Erotic Thriller With 'Monkey Hill'

Olivia Wilde and Gael García Bernal are set to star in a new sexually charged thriller. Monkey Hill will star the duo as a wealthy couple who awaken forces beyond their ken. Deadline reports that the film will be directed by Sarah Adina Smith. Monkey Hill will star Wilde as an heiress who is accused of a white-collar crime and hides out in a luxury resort in an Indian holy city with her husband (García Bernal). They distract themselves with sexual dalliances and the pampering of the resort staff, but outside the resort's walls, unrest is growing.

When the duo foolishly leave the resort's confines, they have a momentous encounter with fate. The film is based on a short story by writer Paul Theroux, which was first published in The New Yorker in 2006. Several of Theroux's works have previously been adapted for the screen; the most famous is The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted into a Harrison Ford film in 1986 and an Apple TV+ series starring Justin Theroux (who is Paul's nephew) in 2021.