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Mysterious New ‘Smile’ Theatrical Teaser Brings Unsettling Grin and Release Date
What makes you smile? Paramount Players’ Smile, from writer/director Parker Finn, poses this question in a new mysterious teaser trailer playing in theaters ahead of Top Gun: Maverick and now David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future.
Not much is known about the eerie movie so far, except that it’s slated for release on September 30.
The plot follows “a doctor whose mind begins to turn on her after she witnesses a traumatic event that involves a patient.”
The film’s official Twitter account shared a condensed version of the enigmatic teaser, below. The slightly longer theatrical version sees a woman pass a man, frozen with a fixed grin, on a hospital bed. She leans in to examine him to no avail. He’s not the only one with an incredibly creepy smile, either.
Smile stars Sosie Bacon (“Scream” TV), Jesse T Usher (“The Boys”), Kal Penn, Rob Morgan (“Stranger Things”), Kyle Gallner (Scream 2022), and Caitlin Stasey (All Cheerleaders Die).
Temple Hill is producing.
The full Smile trailer, per the teaser, is coming soon.
What Makes You Smile? #SmileMovie pic.twitter.com/CpVDzCKmc4
— Smile Movie (@SmileMovie) May 26, 2022
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform was a massive hit for Netflix back in 2020, becoming one of the most watched original movies in the streaming service’s history.
Coming soon? The Platform 2! Netflix has shared two first look images from the upcoming sequel this morning, which will again be directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.
Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian star in The Platform 2.
Netflix previews, “A mysterious figure has managed to establish a new law in The Platform, but can justice truly be enforced in hell? And who will enforce it?”
No word yet on a Netflix premiere date for The Platform 2. Stay tuned.
The first film is set inside a vertical prison system, where inmates are assigned to a level and forced to ration food from a platform that moves between the floors. Inmates on high floors eat better than those below, and one man tries to effect change so everyone gets enough.
Rafael reviewed The Platform for us at TIFF, raving in his 4.5-star write-up: “The Platform takes full advantage of its isolated setting and small cast to instead focus on a high concept, a tight script, and sharp dialogue that will make you laugh as often as it will make you think. This is a funny, heartfelt, at times disgusting, yet also thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that reminds of Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, but with way better food.”
The Platform also made Daniel Kurland’s Best International Horror Films of 2020 list.
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