Warner Bros. launched the trailer for M. Night time Shyamalan‘s latest thriller, Entice, with Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue and Saleka Shyamalan on Thursday. The upcoming movie will function Hartnett as a serial killer at a pop star’s live performance.
Entice follows a “father and teenage daughter attending a pop live performance, the place they understand they’re on the middle of a darkish and sinister occasion,” per the logline. Warner Bros. provided a primary take a look at the film at this 12 months’s CinemaCon earlier this month, and launched the trailer on social media on Thursday.
The trailer reveals Hartnett’s character together with his daughter, Jody (Donoghue), at a live performance for pop star Girl Raven (performed by Shyamalan’s daughter and R&B singer, Saleka). When Hartnett goes to the toilet, he finds teams of federal brokers in search of a serial killer who a concession employee refers to as “The Butcher,” named for the way in which he “goes round simply chopping folks up.” The trailer then reveals Hartnett to be the killer, who’s holding a sufferer hostage and now should discover his method out of the live performance venue.
Together with the trailer, Warner Bros. additionally dropped the track “Launch” by Saleka as Girl Raven, at www.ladyravenmusic.com.
Entice is Shyamalan’s first film to hit theaters since his transfer from Common to Warner Bros., introduced in August 2023.
“The place I write and direct is my dwelling,” Shyamalan stated on the time of the transfer. “Disney and Common, the place I’ve made most of my movies, will all the time be dwelling and household to me. Warner Bros. has a storied historical past of cinema. Via its current experiences, the corporate has rediscovered its love and appreciation for filmmakers, and the influence of the theatrical expertise. All of us win when films achieve theaters. I imagine David Zaslav, Michael De Luca, and Pam Abdy have devoted themselves to distinctive filmmakers, and to filling theaters all world wide for years to come back.”
Entice hits theaters on Aug. 9.