What to know
The Menu is a dark comedy horror movie directed by Mark Mylod. Mylod is best known as the executive producer and director of the hit television series Succession. The Menu is his first foray into feature filmm making. Adam McKay and Betsy Koch produce the picture through their production company Hyperobject Industries.
Aside from producing, Adam McKay is an acclaimed director and screenwriter whose works include Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The Big Short, and Don't Look Up. Peter Deming, known for his work with David Lynch, is The Menu's cinematographer while multi-instrumentalist Colin Stetson sets the mood with an unsettling score.
The Menu stars academy-award nominee Ralph Fiennes in the role of the unnerving Chef Slowik. Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy play the young couple Tyler and Margot. Hoult is known for his work in About a Boy, Skins, and X-Men: First Class. Anya Taylor-Joy first rose to prominence in her debut film, The Witch. She also starred in the highly popular Netflix series, The Queen's Gambit.
The expanded cast includes Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, John Leguizamo and Judith Light. The Menu was released in cinemas on November 18, 2022.