LAS VEGAS − Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is a certified smash. Tesfaye, the movie star, is more of an unknown commodity. Audiences get to see both at work in the psychological ...

Depending on who you ask, Abel Tesfaye ... impenetrable cool of glittering '80s synths. A musician became a pop star, and suddenly, it was difficult for people to see where Tesfaye ended ...

Directed by and starring Abel Tesfaye—formerly known as The Weeknd, currently known as Abel Tesfaye, and possibly known tomorrow as something else entirely—the film is a surrealist farewell to ...

The often treacherous path from music stardom to cinematic success claimed another cautionary tale this weekend as Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, watched his feature film debut struggle ...

Four-time Grammy Award-winning musician, producer and actor The Weeknd – real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – stars as a fictionalised version of himself in the psychological thriller Hurry Up ...

The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp in HBO's 'The Idol' Eddy Chen/HBO As his debut feature bows in theaters and to largely negative reviews by critics, The Weeknd (née Abel Tesfaye) is admitting he ...

Abel Tesfaye, or as famously known by his stage name The Weeknd, is not crying. But he's no longer hiding either. In his new film Hurry Up Tomorrow, a psychological thriller he co-wrote ...

Abel Tesfaye, aka the Weeknd, may be a charismatic singer-songwriter, but he’s a severely bland screen presence, as he demonstrated in 2023’s HBO flop The Idol and now reconfirms with Hurry Up ...

Hurry Up Tomorrow, released on May 16, 2025, is a psychological thriller and a companion piece to Abel Tesfaye's (known as The Weeknd) sixth studio album of the same name. Directed by Trey Edward ...

In conversation with IndieWire, writer/director Trey Edward Shults breaks down the fact, fiction, and psychological meaning of the dark mythology he and Abel Tesfaye created for their film.

Hurry Up Tomorrow is a musical psychological thriller based on a script co-written by The Weeknd, also known as Abel Tesfaye, director Trey Edward Shults, and Idol co-writer Reza Fahim. The film ...