The trailer for M. Evening Shyamalan’s new thriller Lure has arrived, giving a glimpse into Josh Hartnett’s efficiency as an surprising serial killer. Watch the complete clip beneath.
In Lure, Harnett performs a father who takes his teen daughter to a live performance carried out by pop star Girl Raven (performed by the filmmaker’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan). The movie interweaves the story with Girl Raven’s efficiency, going down in near-real time.
Starting as a healthful household expertise, the trailer drastically shifts in tone when Hartnett’s character discovers the police have arrange a entice (get it?) on the live performance to seize a infamous serial killer referred to as The Butcher. Seemingly giving freely the movie’s huge twist, Harnett is revealed to be The Butcher.
Written and directed by Shyamalan, Lure additionally stars Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills, and Allison Capsule. It’s set to reach in theaters on August ninth.
Chatting with TheWrap, Shyamalan defined why he determined to disclose Hartnett because the serial killer within the trailer. “You’ll be able to’t cover it. It occurs so early,” he mentioned. “That is the enjoyable of the film. It’s being in that point-of-view.”
Lure is the primary movie to emerge from Shyamalan’s first-look cope with Warner Bros. and can be adopted by The Watchers, an adaptation of A.M. Shine’s 2021 horror novel of the identical identify. The latter challenge will mark the function directorial debut of one other daughter, Ishana Evening Shyamalan.
Shyamalan’s most up-to-date movie was final yr’s Knock on the Cabin. If its ending left you scratching your head, our explainer has you coated.
Harnett is experiencing a profession renaissance, because of a standout look in the latest season of Black Mirror and his function as Nobel-winning nuclear physicist Ernest Lawrence in Oppenheimer.