Franz Rogowski, Benedict Wong Nick Thompson/Stewart Bywater EXCLUSIVE: Franz Rogowski (Passages) and Benedict Wong (Weapons) have closed deals to join Mikey Madison and Léa Seydoux in The Masque of the Red Death, DGA Award winner Charlie Polinger’s wildly revisionist and darkly comedic take on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe for A24. Character details are being kept under wraps. Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.