On Sunday night, an hour before the highly anticipated world premiere of “Don’t Worry Darling” at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on September 5, type Famous director Olivia Wilde hosted a cocktail party at Venice’s luxurious Hotel Danieli.

Wilde unveils her second work as director in festival competition, she graces the cover Variety The Venice issue is on newsstands now.it marks the first dedicated Venice Magazine issue type As the journal’s co-editor Ramin Setoodeh points out, it has already been done.

“We couldn’t think of a better theme than Olivia,” Setoodeh said. Setoodeh praised Warner Bros., the studio behind Don’t Worry Darling, for supporting the theatrical release.

“type It’s great to see theaters back so everyone can see Don’t Worry Darling in theaters,” he said.

Other attendees at the party included Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairs Michael DeLuca and Pam Abdi; and New Line’s production president Richard Brenner.in an interview Variety Elizabeth Wagmeister, Wilde explains why she chose to sell “Don’t Worry, Honey” to Warner Bros. after a fierce bidding war for the film.

“I wanted to work with this place that would not only allow me to make a movie on the scale it deserves, but also get the cast of the people I want and show it the way I want — I want to be theatrical,” she said. Say. “Warner Bros. is the only place that has promised me to show me plays in writing.”

On September 23, Don’t Worry Darling, a married couple in a dystopian society starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, will be released on September 9 It opens in theaters on the 23rd.