Out Filmmaker Gregg Araki Reveals His Next Movie is about Gen Z and Sex

Out filmmaker Gregg Araki – the director behind "Mysterious Skin" – is teaming up with actor and "Don't Worry Darling" director Olivia Wilde for a movie about power, crime, and Gen Z's sex life... or lack of one. The film's provocative title, "I Want Your Sex," echoes that of the hit song by gay pop star George Michael.

IndieWire reported that Wilde "plays artist Erika Tracy, who taps a young protégé as a sexual muse, with Erika taking him 'on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder,' according to the official synopsis."

The casting news first first broke in May. Araki teased IndieWire with some hints about the movie's theme and focus.

"It's a comedy," Araki revealed – though, he added, "it's still one of my movies."

Despite Wilde's casting, the film sounds to be more about the POV and story of Eliot, the aforementioned "protégé" of her character, Erika.

"It's about Gen Z," Araki divulged, "and it has a little bit of that old movie 'Secretary,' another 'old indie movie' from the '90s."

Explaining "Secretary," IndieWire recalled that the film "premiered in 2002, starred Maggie Gyllenhaal as the 'M' end of an S&M relationship with a high-stakes attorney, played by James Spader."

The reference prompted IndieWire to speculate that "I Want Your Sex" "will have plenty of wild psychosexual workplace antics up its sleeves."

Though what we know so far indicated that the movie will be loaded with steamy (although heterosexual) fun, Araki's message will have more to do with the younger generation seemingly stepping back from erotic contact.

Araki expressed the view that "the current generation doesn't have sex," and IndieWire backed him up on the claim, noting that "according to studies, celibacy is on the rise among a Gen Z frustrated with hookup culture and in response to the cultural sea changes around consent."

"There's almost a demand from younger viewers to see less sex on screen, according to studies," IndieWire added.

It doesn't sound like Araki is planning to give Gen Z too much of what it wants. "The Living End" director called Gen Z's wish for less sexy time in the movies "shocking and strange," and provided some biographical context for his reaction.

"Looking back on my life, sex and sexuality and sexual identity have been key to my entire being and life and development as a person, and that's why my films tend to always focus on those," the "Totally F***cked Up" director said.

"Olivia plays an artist in the movie, and she says things in the movie that I have said in interviews about how sex and sexuality are kind of what make us human," Araki went on to say. "They're such an important part of growing up and figuring out who you are, so that's part of the movie, the importance of sexuality, and Gen Z and how they're not having sex."

The movie has not yet started production, and there's no casting news on who will play Eliot.