Olivia Wildes highly anticipated Dont Worry Darling her second movie as a director, following 2019s Booksmart stars Oscar nominee Florence Pugh and singer Harry Styles in his first leading film role. The period drama and sci-fi thriller made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 before a theatrical release on Sept. 23, as the fall awards season ramps up.

But whats happening behind the scenes has generated an outsize amount of media attention and internet speculation, with fans and social media observers leaving no stone unturned and mulling over every nugget of information. Among the areas of intrigue: While neither has commented on it publicly , Wilde and Styles reportedly began dating sometime in late 2020 , during production on the film.

Much of the drama surrounding the movie came to a head due to a Variety profile of Wilde published on Aug. 24, in which she spoke out about some of the major headlines for the first time. The drama rapidly escalated at the films Venice Film Festival premiere , where all eyes were on the casts every move, from Styles word salad answers to reporters questions , to the alleged spit seen round the world . Early reviews have ranged from mixed to bad, leading many people on social media to conclude the drama surrounding the movie may be more interesting than the movie itself.

If youve struggled to piece together the various threads and keep up with the sheer amount of details and players with some tangential to the film itself heres what has transpired so far.