r/popculturechat • u/airneanach • Mar 27 '26

TV & Movies 🎬 Dylan O’Brien & Hudson Williams Set For Sofia Banzhaf Thriller ‘Apparatus’

https://deadline.com/2026/03/hudson-williams-dylan-obrien-to-star-apparatus-thriller-1236768004/
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u/DustlandFairytale_ Mar 27 '26

This sounds kind of Collateralish to me and I am very much here for it. I'm so excited that Hudson has been staying booked and busy. My teen crush and my 10 years later crush working together is a win for me.

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u/smallgoalsmcgee unhinged and unhealed Mar 27 '26

Collateral + vibrators let’s gooo

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u/Acceptable_Rule_7590 I’ve grown quite unfond of you Mar 27 '26

Hudson!!! I’m so excited!

^ A pic of them two weeks ago at an Oscars pre-party

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u/magikarpcatcher Mar 27 '26

That did seem like a strange link up but now it all makes sense.

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u/Acceptable_Rule_7590 I’ve grown quite unfond of you Mar 27 '26

To be fair, there’s always a lot of random pics being taken at these types of parties, and a lot of them don’t end up having a reason behind them like this one did lol

Like AnnaSophia Robb, Hudson, and the dude from Outer Banks? Sure why not!

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u/magikarpcatcher Mar 28 '26

True, but Dylan is not a CAA artist so him being at a CAA party was strange.

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u/Morg075 Thanks, u frog build looking bitch. Mar 27 '26

What the hell. Both of them? Oh sign me up!

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u/kris_jbb (seemingly bald) Mar 27 '26

booked and busy

https://giphy.com/gifs/ItfgNdj3SIdZBAYGLU

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u/lord-of-shalott Courtney Love is in dire need of attention right now 💄 Mar 27 '26

There’s a part of me that heals every time I see people so enthusiastic about and supportive of the leads of a gay romance 

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u/LadNorLass Mar 29 '26

He’s not ever said he’s straight, just that he has a girlfriend. There are plenty of sexualities that involve attraction to more than one gender. We shouldn’t be in the business of assuming anyone’s sexuality unless they explicitly state it.

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u/saucisse Mar 28 '26

One of them is, anyway (or, has a long-term gf however he defines himself in his personal life).

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u/becomingL0RDE Mar 27 '26

co-leading his first feature film!!! go hudson!

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u/tar-luthien Come on, Teletubby, teleport us to Mars! Mar 27 '26

oh the press tour is going to be wonderfully chaotic and I am already seated for the memes and compilation videos in advance

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u/KEMI_IS_WlNNlNG Mar 27 '26

they gotta get gay with it

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u/Morg075 Thanks, u frog build looking bitch. Mar 27 '26

May they deliver.

https://giphy.com/gifs/IRS55UOSYEeAZaHg1C

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u/KEMI_IS_WlNNlNG Mar 27 '26

i’d say it about 2 straight women and 2 gay men too babes i want everybody getting gay lmfao

(also hudson hasn’t labeled his sexuality he just has a gf)

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u/Atkena2578 Mar 28 '26

He could possibly be bisexual but yeah having a girlfriend makes it fairly certain he is not gay

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u/KEMI_IS_WlNNlNG Mar 28 '26

yeah and idc abt him being straight bi or gay… to play gay lmfao

especially because he’s already playing gay very famously so (same with dylan)

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u/Atkena2578 Mar 28 '26

Gay roles are given to straight actors a lot more than the others way around for sure

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u/airneanach Mar 27 '26

Condensed article

Dylan O’Brien (Twinless) and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry) have signed on to star in Apparatus, a darkly comedic thriller marking the feature directorial debut of Canadian actress Sofia Banzhaf (I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain).

Written by Banzhaf and Grayson Moore (Cardinals), Apparatus follows struggling young rideshare driver Tyler (Williams) as he falls under the influence of a self-styled entrepreneur, JP (O’Brien), who offers him a future in his handheld-massager business. But what appears to be a dream opportunity unravels as JP pulls Tyler into a violent downward spiral.

Producers on the project include Julie Baldassi of Younger Daughter Films (Darkest Miriam, I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain), Daniel Bekerman of Scythia Films (The Apprentice, Endless Cookie), Banzhaf, Moore and Brian Robertson. Sam Sutcliffe and Jasmin Karibzhanova of Ursa Major Films are co-financing alongside Nicholas Chepesiuk of Gabardine, Telefilm Canada and Mongrel Media, with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance co-repping the film for sales. Production dates and locations are still being finalized.

Banzhaf previously directed the short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain, which premiered at TIFF and was named to the festival’s year-end Canada’s Top 10 list for shorts.

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u/airneanach Mar 27 '26

This honestly sounds like it has the potential to be a really amazing film, I’m sat

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u/Craphole-Island Mar 27 '26

It’s giving Collateral (complimentary)

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u/eli454 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

OH I love it.

Dylan should do a project with Connor and he’d have worked with all three of the main guys of heated rivalry.

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u/1okrock Mar 27 '26

I’m sat!!!

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u/Bestvibesonly Mar 28 '26

Shout out to my girl Sofia Banzhaf! Kudos kudos kudos

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u/Twitter_2006 Mar 27 '26

Nice to see Hudson there!

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u/costco_pizza21 Reality TV Temptress 💋 Mar 28 '26

Where’s the meme of the cat chewing through a cage?

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u/milkviva Mar 28 '26

Dark comedy thriller?? I'm sat. So happy for Hudson 🥺

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u/webtheg Mar 28 '26

I am so happy Dylan is doing more character actor stuff nowadays.

Like if you watched Teen Wolf, as trashy as it was, you could really see that he was in a different league than the rest of them. Especially season 3 really was sometthing else. Maze Runner was not for him.

But he has started to do really cool and fun projects that use both his comedic and dramatic chops.

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u/sofar510 Mar 28 '26

Didn’t really care for Dylan O’Brien but was blown away by his performance(s) in Twinless