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[Trailer] ‘The Witch’ Director Robert Eggers is Back With A24’s Black & White Nightmare ‘The Lighthouse’
The Witch breakout Robert Eggers has re-teamed with leading genre production company A24 for The Lighthouse, a fantasy horror film that Eggers wrote and directed. The film, which stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson and was shot on 35mm black & white stock, recently premiered at Cannes, and critics (including our Serena Fischer) have been raving.
“This is certainly a film that will stick around in people’s heads for a long, long time,” Serena wrote in her review for us out of Cannes, awarding the film 5/5 skulls.
A24 describes The Lighthouse as a hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
You can check out the very first trailer below, which promises madcap insanity and incredible performances from Dafoe and Pattinson. And don’t worry about spoilers, as the footage is brief and mysterious. Here’s hoping A24 keeps it that way right up until the release!
The film, written by Robert Eggers & Max Eggers and also starring Valeriia Karaman, will be released on October 18, 2019 in NY & LA, with an expansion to follow.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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