Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for the new Oscar-winning film Guillermo del Toro. This is the director’s first project since the award-winning 2017 The Shape of Water. The film will star, among others, Bradley Cooper, Kate Blanchett and Willem Dafoe.
The story is based on a book of the same title from 1946. A young, ambitious scammer (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people, meets a psychiatrist (Kate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.
The title of the movie may indicate that it is a horror movie. We know, however, that this will not be the case. This was announced by del Toro himself in a recent interview:
We are working with great commitment to bring the harsh atmosphere and dark, unpleasant world of William Gresham to the screen. There will be no supernatural phenomena in the movie, don’t count on it. Events take place in the normal world. There is nothing fantastic here. This movie will be completely different from my previous productions. I am aware that the title and my name suggest something else. This time I didn’t want to do anything genre, my vision was to present the same mysterious aura as the book. I am very excited, there is definitely something to wait for.
The premiere of the film is scheduled for December 17.