CinemaCon will re-evaluate its security protocols following an April 26 incident in which Olivia Wilde was served a mysterious Manila envelope on stage at the Las Vegas event while presenting her new film, Don’t Worry Darling. The envelope was marked “personal and confidential”. Wilde mistook the file for a script when she opened it on stage. The incident happened during Warner Bros.’ CinemaCon presentation.
“To protect the integrity of our studio partners and the talent, we will be re-evaluating our security protocols,” NATO executive director and director of CinemaCon Mitch Neuhauser told Variety. “We will act accordingly because it is the right thing to do. We want to do the safe and right thing.”
Variety has numerous eyewitnesses who said the person who served Wilde the envelope was credited by CinemaCon.
According to Deadline, the envelope contained custody documents that were served to Wilde on behalf of Jason Sudeikis. Wilde and Sudeikis ended their romantic relationship in 2020 and share two children together. The two actors were never married.
Sudeikis had “no prior knowledge” that Wilde would be served in this way, a source told Variety after the news broke.
“Papers have been drawn up to establish jurisdiction over Ms. Wilde and Mr. Sudeikis’ children,” the source said. “Mr. Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of the time or place the envelope would have been delivered, as that would be solely a matter for the process service company involved, and he would never allow it to be delivered to her in such an inappropriate manner.”
Variety has reached out to Wilde’s rep for comment.
Aside from the envelope incident, Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling presentation made headlines thanks to the debut of the film’s hot and heavy official trailer. The footage shown showed cast members Florence Pugh and Harry Styles engaging in sexual acts at a dining table. Wilde told audiences the film was “a love letter to movies that push the limits of our imagination,” and she cited films like “Inception,” “The Matrix,” and “The Truman Show” as sources of inspiration.
In addition to Styles and Pugh, the Don’t Worry Darling cast includes Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne and Nick Kroll. Katie Silberman wrote the screenplay from a given script by Carey and Shane Van Dyke. Warner Bros. brings the film to theaters on September 23.
Additional reporting by Matt Donnelly and Rebecca Rubin.
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