Jason Momoa and Adria Arjona reunite on screen for thriller Copperhead
Jason Momoa and Adria Arjona have joined Miles Teller in Copperhead, a West Texas crime thriller from Black Label Media, marking the real-life couple’s second film together after 2021’s Sweet Girl, according to Deadline.
TL;DR
- Momoa and Arjona will star opposite Miles Teller, Tenoch Huerta and Kiefer Sutherland in Copperhead.
- It is their second film together after playing husband and wife in Netflix’s Sweet Girl (2021).
- The West Texas thriller, directed by John Swab, is set to begin filming this month.
- Momoa first teased the real-life romance at a comic convention in England back in 2024.
What’s confirmed so far
Black Label Media has cast Adria Arjona, Momoa, Tenoch Huerta and Kiefer Sutherland alongside lead actor Miles Teller, according to Deadline, which first broke the news. Character specifics are being kept under wraps for now.
Filming is expected to start this month, with the sales company Black Bear set to launch the project to international buyers around the Toronto International Film Festival, Deadline reported. It has been an eventful year for Momoa on the news front — Screen & Story previously reported when he evacuated his Hawaii home during this spring’s historic flooding.
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A West Texas thriller with a stacked ensemble
Copperhead centres on a veteran detective forced to team up with a young federal agent after an undercover drug deal spirals into violence, unravelling a conspiracy inside their own task force. Director John Swab, whose credits include King Ivory, is working from a script by Chad Feehan and J. Todd Scott.
Huerta joins the project fresh off reprising his Namor role in Avengers: Doomsday, which Screen & Story covered when Marvel unveiled new concept art at a Shanghai expo. Arjona, meanwhile, has another 2026 release on the way in Adam Wingard’s Onslaught, which A24 has been building buzz for with new posters and a trailer.
Their on-screen chemistry started with Sweet Girl
Momoa and Arjona first shared the screen as Ray and Amanda Cooper, a married couple, in Sweet Girl, the 2021 Netflix thriller where the pair reportedly first met. Off screen, both were still married to other partners at the time.
The two went public with their real-life relationship in May 2024, after both had exited previous marriages.
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The UK comic con moment that hinted at their romance
Before Momoa confirmed anything on Instagram, he dropped a hint about a new relationship while appearing at Basingstoke Comic Con in England. “I am very much in a relationship,” he said, teasing his then-unnamed partner’s identity, according to People.
Weeks later, Momoa shared photos from a trip to Japan and referred to Arjona as “mi amor” in the caption, according to Elle, effectively confirming the pairing to fans.
Fast facts: Copperhead
| Studio | Black Label Media |
| Director | John Swab |
| Writers | Chad Feehan, J. Todd Scott |
| Cast | Miles Teller, Jason Momoa, Adria Arjona, Tenoch Huerta, Kiefer Sutherland |
| Setting | West Texas |
| Filming | Begins September 2026 |
Source: Deadline
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