The first look atNightmare Alleyis here.
On Thursday, thetrailerdropped for directorGuillermo de Toro’s highly-anticipated new movie, which is set to premiere in theaters Dec. 17.
Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, the thriller starsBradley Cooperas Stanton “Stan” Carlisle, an ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words. Stan teams up with psychiatrist Dr. Lillith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), who proves to be even more dangerous than he is.
“Step right up in the home of one of the unexplained mysteries of the universe — is he man or beast?” the narrator says.
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At the end of the clip, the narrator further teases, “You’re in luck because tonight you will see him feed.”
“Come on in and find out — is he man or beast?” he says as Cooper’s character is shown sitting calmly in a chair while the room around him is engulfed in flames.
In addition to Cooper and Blanchett, the star-studded cast forNightmare AlleyincludesRooney Mara,Toni Collette,Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson andMary Steenburgen.
The film is del Toro’s first sinceShape of Water,which earned him the awards for Best Director and Best Picture atthe Oscarsback in 2018.
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He previously opened up toColliderabout howNightmare Alleyis different from his previous movies because it contains “no supernatural elements.”
“Now is the first chance I have to do a real underbelly of society type of movie,” del Toro said in 2019. “[There are] no supernatural elements. Just a straight, really dark story.”
Nightmare Alleyhits theaters Dec. 17.
source: people.com
