Pattinson started 2019 with Robert Eggers ' black-and-white psychological horror film '' The Lighthouse '' , set on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s . The film premiered at the Directors ' Fortnight section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival with widespread critical acclaim for both the film and Pattinson 's performance . Peter Bradshaw in his review for '' The Guardian '' described Pattinson 's performance as " mesmeric " and " sledgehammer punch " which " just gets better and better " . Gregory Ellwood writing for '' Collider '' said that Pattinson has " topped himself here " and his performance is " so transformative it ’s jarring . You simply never thought he had it in him . " , Pattinson has several projects in various stages of production . He has completed filming for his second collaboration with David Michôd , an adaptation of William Shakespeare 's plays titled '' The King '' , which will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August 2019 , as well as of Ciro Guerra 's '' Waiting for the Barbarians '' based on a 1980 novel by J. M. Coetzee alongside Mark Rylance and Johnny Depp , and of Antônio Campos ' drama film '' The Devil All the Time '' based on a 2011 novel by Donald Ray Pollock . From May 2019 , he is filming for Christopher Nolan 's globe trotting action film '' Tenet '' alongside John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki
2019 Cannes Film Festival
2019 Cannes Film Festival
Robert Pattinson