Michael Cera, Rachel Weisz, Colman Domingo to Narrate Pedro Almodóvar’sThe Last Dream

Mar. 15, 2025

Rachel Weisz; Colman Domingo; Michael Cera.Photo:Mike Marsland/WireImage; Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Jason Mendez/Getty

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Michael Cera,Rachel Weisz,Colman Domingoand more are coming together to honorPedro Almodóvar’s life’s work.

In a press release shared with PEOPLE on Thursday, Sept. 19, it was announced that the audiobook version ofThe Last Dream— which comes out in hardcover and e-book from HarperVia on Sept. 24 — has some serious star power.

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Additionally, Norbert Leo Butz, Juan Diego Botto andTaylour Paigewill also be featured as narrators forThe Last Dream— a debut collection of short stories.

Almodóvar, 74, describes the book as, “A fragmentary autobiography, incomplete and a little cryptic,” according to the press release.

“Through the audiobook, readers will hear a range of the film icon’s personal writings dating from the late ‘60s to the present, ranging from memoir, comedy, autofiction, pastiche and gothic fiction,” the release adds of the Spanish film director and screenwriter. “The audiobook cast lifts Almodóvar’s stories from the page and grants listeners a unique and immersive experience.”

Almodóvar’s decades-long career has seen more than two dozen films includingWoman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,All About My MotherandTalk to Her.

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The filmmaker has also earned multiple prestigious accolades, such as two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, nine Goya Awards, the French Legion of Honour, the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award and the Golden Lion.

His next film,The Room Next Door, is slated for a December 2024 release, and will starTilda SwintonandJulianne Moore.

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At the New York City premiere of her movieProblemistain February, Swinton, 63, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about working with Almodóvar for the upcoming comedic drama.

“Oh, you can expect a really delicate Pedro Almodóvar film that’s really about adults facing tricky adult things about friendship,“the British actress told PEOPLEof the film. “I mean, it’s really about good, good friends, and what good friends do for each other.”

The Last Dreamcomes out Sept. 24, and is now available for preorder in all formats wherever books are sold.

source: people.com