What Happened to A24's Alba? The Forgotten Jenna Ortega & Camila Mendes Movie That’s Gone Silent (Patreon)

Jenna Ortega has a bunch of movies lined up right now (read full details here), but one project that’s gone completely quiet is Alba. Announced back in 2023 with both Jenna and Camila Mendes attached, there hasn’t been a single update since. So, what happened to it?

Alba was supposed to be a modern adaptation of The House of Bernarda Alba, set in Miami. The story centers around a controlling mother who enforces strict mourning rules after her husband's death, isolating her five daughters and banning them from dating — naturally, they rebel. The movie was set to begin filming in summer 2023, backed by A24 and LuckyChap Entertainment, but nothing has surfaced since.

If you try looking this up now, good luck — it’s not on Jenna or Camila’s IMDb pages, and no official updates exist. Maybe it's still in the works behind the scenes, but realistically, it looks like Alba has been quietly shelved. That’s a shame, because according to early reports, the film was expected to include sex, nudity, and some lesbian subtext — even hinting at a possible lesbian scene, which isn’t surprising for an A24 project.

The original play by Federico García Lorca doesn’t have explicit content — it’s more about repression and tension, with Adela’s affair with ‘Pepe el Romano’ as the core conflict. But with Francisca Alegría set to direct — known for showing full female nudity in her recent work — it added weight to those early rumors.

It’s possible the writers’ strike delayed things, but with total silence from both A24 and LuckyChap, it feels like Alba is dead in the water. Hopefully that’s not the case, and maybe Jenna and Camila are still quietly pushing it forward — but until someone says something, don’t hold your breath.