Celebrate director Tom Ford’s return to the big screen with the new teaser trailer for his haunting romantic thrillerNocturnal Animals. The movie just screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The ensemble cast features Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.Nocturnal Animalswill open in select theaters on November 18th before expanding to theaters nationwide December 9th.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival, Tom Ford also writes this tense drama of shocking intimacy and gripping tension. It explores the thin lines between love and cruelty, and revenge and redemption. Academy Award nominees Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star as adivorced couplediscovering dark truths about each other and themselves.
Nocturnal Animalshas one of the bestensemble castsof the fall awards season. Also featured in the movie are Isla Fisher, Karl Glusman, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Andrea Riseborough and Michael Sheen. Tom Ford wrote the movie based on the novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. The first trailer arrives courtesy ofFocus Features. This first look footage delves deep into thedarkness of the soul, with themes that can only be explored in an R rated movie.
Nocturnal Animals is already being teased as anOscar favorite. It lands in theaters going up against some quite fierce competition. The first-ever Harry Potter spin-offFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themis set to open againstNocturnal Animals, which is proving itself to be some majestic counter programming. The two movies will also have some competition in the coming-of-age dramatic comedyThe Edge of SeventeenstarringHailee SteinfeldandWoody Harrelson.
Amy Adams is just coming off her role as Lois Lane in the DC Comics adventureBatman V Superman. She will next be seen in the Alien invasion dramaArrivalthis fall, where she plays a linguist capable of communicating with extraterrestrials. Jake Gyllenhaal is coming off a string of dramatic performances inSouthpaw,EverestandDemolition.Nocturnal Animalswill prove to be one of the most challenging movies for both actors in their entire career. Take a look at the first trailer here.
