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Published Feb 17, 2026, 3:33 PM EST
A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne from a misspent youth of watching monster movies on TV, perusing the sun-faded goods at the local video rental shop, and staining his fingers with ink from the Video Movie Guide. Areas of interest include science fiction, film noir, horror flicks, '70s disaster pictures, Bond movies, '90s action, giant robots, dinosaurs, super heroes, and the exuberantly schlocky output of Cannon Films. He also enjoys both Star Trek and Star Wars when they're good, and maybe even more when they're bad. As a Canadian, he also has a vested interest in Canadian movies and TV shows, especially the cheesier ones dubbed "Canuxploitation."
An expert on Marvel Comics, he has also written for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and is a member of the Marvel Research Team. He can frequently be found pontificating on comic-book continuity or bemoaning the misfortunes of the Toronto Maple Leafs on his Twitter account.
Fresh off the box office success of The Housemaid, Sydney Sweeney is set to star in another big-screen literary adaptation. However, this time, she's not adapting a contemporary best-seller, but an American literary classic. She'll star in The Custom of the Country, a new adaptation of the 1913 novel by Edith Wharton, whose Gilded Age milieu is having a moment in the cultural zeitgeist. And now, we know who'll be co-starring with her.
According to reports, Leo Woodall, who recently appeared in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Nuremberg, will star with Sweeney in the film; he can be seen this spring in Netflix's adaptation of Vladimir, with Rachel Weisz. Both he and Sweeney are alumni of HBO's The White Lotus; she appeared in the anthology series' acclaimed first season, earning an Emmy nomination in the process, while he starred in its sophomore season. In The Custom of the Country, she will star as Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who uses every trick in the book to climb the social ladder in Gilded Age New York City. It is as yet unclear which of the vain and wealthy Undine's numerous husbands and lovers he will play.
What Other Edith Wharton Adaptations Are in the Works?
Despite dying in 1937 at age 75, Edith Wharton is one of the hottest authors in Hollywood at the moment. The Buccaneers, an 1870s-set novel that was left unfinished at the time of Wharton's death, has been adapted into a series by AppleTV; season 2 premiered last year, and a third season is in the works. Her best-known novel, The Age of Innocence, was famously adapted for the big screen by Martin Scorsese in 1993, but a new adaptation is on its way from Netflix; Emma Frost is adapting the book, and Kristine Froseth, Ben Radcliffe, Camila Morrone, and Margo Martindale are set to star.
Josie Rourke (Mary Queen of Scots) is set to direct The Custom of the Country; she is also writing the screenplay, adapting Wharton's novel. It will be produced by Rabbit's Foot Films' Charles Finch and Monumental Pictures’ Alison Owen; as she has with a number of her recent films, including Anyone But You, Christy, and Immaculate, Sweeney will also produce.
The Custom of the Country is in development; no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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