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Sydney Sweeney is being stalked by the FBI.

The Euphoria Emmy nominee leads HBO film Reality, based on writer-director Tina Satters 2019 play Is This A Room.

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On June 3, 2017, 25-year-old former American intelligence specialist Reality Winner (Sweeney) is confronted by FBI agents, played by Josh Hamilton and Marchnt Davis, arriving at her home to question her suspected role in the mishandling of classified information. Reality Winner is an ex-Air Force member and NSA translator who later received the harshest sentence, five years and three months in prison, for the unauthorized release of government information to the media leading to FBI director James Comey being fired for the investigation into how Russian interference affected the 2016 election.

Based on true events, the films dialogue, as with the acclaimed Off-Broadway play, comes directly from the transcript of their tense and transfixing conversation.

Reality debuted at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, marking Satters directorial debut from a script she penned along with James Paul Dallas.

Reality is gripping and deceptively layered, delineating both the FBIs queasily ingenious interrogation tactics and Sweeneys extraordinary range, IndieWires review reads. As evidenced in Reality and elsewhere, the actress is just so good at acting like shes on the verge of a freakout shes never, ever been happier, thank you very much and here her subtly reddening cheeks, caving into ragged panic, only grows more and more compelling as Satter swoops her magnifying class of a camera into boxier and boxier close-ups.

Sweeney is next set to lead Marvels Madame Web, a yet-untitled rom-com opposite Glen Powell, thriller Echo Valley alongside Julianne Moore, and religious horror film Immaculate. Sweeney additionally was announced to star in and executive produce a Barbarella remake based on the Jane Fonda 1968 film directed by Roger Vadim.

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Reality is produced by Noah Stahl, Brad Becker-Parton, Riva Marker, and Greg Nobile, with executive producers including Ellyn Daniels, Will OConnor, Daniel Ginsberg, Andrew Beck, Bill Way, Elliott Whitton, Eva Maria Daniells, Philipp Engelhorn, Caitlin Gold, and writer-director Satter.

Reality premieres May 29 on HBO at 10 p.m. PT/ET and will be available to stream on Max.

Check out the teaser below.

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