Trailer Blitz! Over Your Dead Body, A Prayer for the Dying, Our Hero, Balthazar and More
🎥 Here’s a list of films coming to screens soon!
🎥 “Over Your Dead Body” Trailer: Samara Weaving and Jason Segel Plot Each Other’s Demise in Director Jorma Taccone’s Darkly Comic Marriage-on-the-Rocks Thriller — Hitting Theaters April 24th
Nothing says “marriage counseling” like a weekend getaway where both spouses intend to exact a murder plan.
Samara Weaving and Jason Segel star in this darkly comic thriller as a deeply dysfunctional couple retreating to a remote cabin under the guise of reconnecting, all while privately plotting to eliminate each other. Before either can pull the trigger, a pair of unexpected visitors crash the party, turning their carefully laid schemes into something far more chaotic (and far more complicated) than either of them bargained for. They say love can make you do crazy things, but they never warn you about what happens when the love runs out and all that’s left is resentment and a weekend bag packed with something far more dangerous than clean socks.
Over Your Dead Body is the American remake of the 2021 Norwegian cult dark comedy-thriller Onde Dager (aka The Trip) from Violent Night director Tommy Wirkola, which starred Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace as the doomed couple. This version, however, hails from Lonely Island comedian Jorma Taccone (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, MacGruber), who directs from an adapted script by Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, the comedic sketch duo behind BriTANicK.
Co-starring Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, and Paul Guilfoyle, Over Your Dead Body is slated to make its world premiere next month at SXSW ahead of its theatrical release on April 24th. Watch it with someone you love... just maybe not someone you’re currently plotting against. Just to be safe.
🎥 “A Prayer for the Dying” Teaser Trailer: Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly Confront Plague and Wildfire in Dara Van Dusen’s Stark Frontier Drama — Premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival
When they say life in the Old West was nearly insufferable, believe it... because out there, survival wasn’t a lifestyle choice, it was a daily coin toss on who got to live and who got buried before sundown.
Based on Stewart O’Nan’s historical novel, A Prayer for the Dying is a stark depiction of 1870s America, where building a new life on the frontier meant gambling everything against forces you couldn’t see, couldn’t control, and almost certainly couldn’t outrun.
Set in the small 1870s Scandinavian emigrant community of Friendship, Wisconsin, British actor Johnny Flynn (The Outfit, Emma., Netflix’s Ripley) stars as Jacob Hansen, a Civil War survivor chasing the promise of peace on American soil. What he finds instead is a town under siege: first by a deadly epidemic sweeping the region, then by a relentless wildfire, each disaster testing a man’s faith just as fiercely as his resolve.
The always reliable and always fascinating John C. Reilly co-stars as the town’s lone doctor, who soon finds himself overwhelmed by the sheer scale of disease spreading like a wildfire. He is forced to choose between compassion and containment as the sickness becomes too much for one man to handle. And with quarantine mandated, the town is cut off from the outside world, left to fend for itself as fear, faith, and desperation begin to spread just as fast as the infection itself.
Serving as sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, Flynn’s Jacob becomes the last line of defense between order and collapse, forcing him to make life-and-death decisions that ripple through his family and neighbors. But something tells us he, too, will soon be buckling under the weight of it all. Because when a man is asked to hold a town together, it’s only a matter of time before the cracks begin to show. And as townsfolk start leaving on their own, risking both infection and exposure, the fragile idea of community begins to splinter under pressure.
Produced by the team behind Sentimental Value and The Worst Person in the World, New York-born Norwegian filmmaker Dara Van Dusen makes her explosive feature debut as writer-director of this stark period piece that looks as unforgiving as its subject matter. The film just made its world premiere last week at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Best First Feature Award. As of yet, there’s no official release date.
🎥 “Our Hero, Balthazar” Teaser Trailer: Jaeden Martell Heads to Texas to Confront a Possible Mass Shooter in Oscar Boyson’s Sharp Social Satire with Asa Butterfield — Coming to Theaters This Spring
There’s nothing more risky than a teenager convinced he’s the hero of his own story.
In Our Hero, Balthazar, a razor-sharp social satire that skewers online virtue, clout-chasing, and the intoxicating rush of performative activism, Jaeden Martell (IT: Chapter One, IT: Chapter Two) stars as Balthazar, a wealthy, self-styled crusader who posts fiery pro-gun-control videos to impress his high school crush, and maybe rack up a little moral superiority along the way.
But when an anonymous troll starts mocking him at every turn, Balthazar’s digital crusade spirals into obsession. Convinced the troll — a gun-obsessed teen named Solomon, played by Sex Education breakout Asa Butterfield — is a potential mass shooter in the making, Balthazar does what any impulsive, overconfident internet activist might do: he heads to Texas to confront the threat himself.
What he finds isn’t exactly the cartoon villain he imagined. In some ways, Solomon fits the profile Balthazar built in his head. In others, he’s just another lonely kid performing for an audience of none. Oddly, the two teens form a peculiar, uneasy bond that blurs the lines between paranoia and projection, righteousness and recklessness. The result looks less like a traditional thriller and more like a cringe-inducing character study about how badly we want to be seen as the “good guy,” yet fail to recognize when we’ve quietly become the self-righteous douchebag we swore we’d never be.
Indie producer Oscar Boyson — the creative force behind volatile, anxiety-fueled gems like Good Time and Uncut Gems — makes his feature directorial debut here. And from the looks of things, he’s channeling that same nerve-jangling energy into a timely portrait of modern America, where outrage travels fast and self-awareness lags behind, asking how far someone will go to prove they’re the hero of their own feed.
Our Hero, Balthazar will be coming to theaters this spring.
Also check out this week’s new trailers:
🎥 “The Yeti” Trailer: Jim Cummings and Brittany Allen Lead a Rescue Mission Into Snow-Choked Alaska Where a Towering Beast Stalks the Night in This Retro 1940s Monster Movie — In Theaters and On VOD/Digital April 10th
There are things that go bump in the night… and then there are nights when the bumps answer back with a bone-rattling roar. This retro 1940s-set monster throwback drops Jim Cummings, Brittany Allen, Eric Nelson, William Sadler, and Corbin Bernsen into the snow-choked wilds of northern Alaska, where a missing oil tycoon and a famed adventurer have vanished without a trace. A hand-picked rescue team pushes into the whiteout determined to bring them home, only to realize they’ve crossed into the hunting grounds of a towering, bloodthirsty beast. Directed by William Pisciotta and Gene Gallerano, this practical-effects creature feature leans into old-school pulp terror, favoring snarling latex and shadowy dread over digital polish. Out here, the cold isn’t the real killer. It’s the thing breathing just beyond the treeline.
🎥 “Beast” Teaser Trailer: Daniel MacPherson Returns to the Cage as a Fallen MMA Champ with Russell Crowe in His Corner in This Brutal Comeback Story — In Theaters April 10th
A comeback fight becomes a last stand when a disgraced MMA legend is forced back into the cage to protect his own blood. After years in exile, a once-feared champion (played by Aussie actor Daniel MacPherson, of Land of Bad) returns when his younger brother is threatened, dragging him into a world he swore he’d left behind. Reuniting with the hardened trainer who built him, played here by Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, he prepares for one final bout against a ruthless reigning title-holder determined to crush what’s left of his name. With Luke Hemsworth, Kelly Gale, Amy Shark, and Bren Foster rounding out the cast, this bruising fight thriller strips the stakes bare as the ring becomes a path to either redemption or total ruin.
🎥 “She Dances” Trailer: Steve Zahn & Audrey Zahn Share the Screen as a Divorced Dad and Teen Competitive Dancer Confront Years of Distance in This Road Trip Father-Daughter Drama Co-starring Ethan Hawke & Mackenzie Ziegler — In Theaters March 27th
Steve Zahn steps into deeply personal territory, starring opposite his real-life daughter Audrey Zahn in this intimate father-daughter drama. Zahn plays a divorced father struggling to reconnect with his teenage daughter on the road to her final regional dance competition, where unresolved grief and years of distance have torn their relationship apart. As the pressure of the Young Miss Southeast Finals builds, their strained bond is tested in ways neither choreography nor pep talks can fix. What begins as a simple trip turns into an emotional reckoning, where backstage chatter and spotlight pressure amplify everything left unsaid. With Ethan Hawke, Sonequa Martin-Green, Mackenzie Ziegler, and Rosemarie DeWitt rounding out the cast, actor Rick Gomez makes his feature directorial debut, co-penning the script with Zahn for this heartfelt coming-of-age drama that suggests healing doesn’t arrive with applause, but in the quiet, unguarded moments between two people learning how to be a family again.
🎥 “Fantasy Life” Trailer: Matthew Shear Writes, Directs, and Stars as an Anxious Babysitter Who Falls for Amanda Peet in This Neurotic New York Rom-Com — Opens in NY March 27th and Nationwide April 3rd
Love gets complicated fast when anxiety and proximity share the same house. In this New York-set romantic comedy, Matthew Shear, who also writes and directs, stars as a spiraling law school dropout who lands a babysitting gig for his psychiatrist’s grandchildren and promptly falls for their mother, an actress in a strained marriage played by Amanda Peet. As Alessandro Nivola enters the mix as the touring-rock-star husband and the summer shifts to Martha’s Vineyard under one crowded roof, this SXSW Audience Award winner turns neurotic longing into emotional risk, where desire doesn’t just threaten a marriage… it threatens the fragile stability everyone is pretending to maintain.
🎥 “Slanted” Trailer: Shirley Chen Undergoes a Shocking Transformation in Amy Wang’s Socially Charged Body-Horror Thriller with Mckenna Grace — In Theaters March 13th
High school popularity becomes a brutal science experiment when a desperate teen decides her face is the problem in this body-horror/body-switching thriller from writer-director Amy Wang. Shirley Chen (Dìdi) stars as Chinese-American overachiever Joan Huang, who signs up for a shadowy cosmetic clinic promising to make people of color appear white, only to wake up in the body of a blonde classmate portrayed by Mckenna Grace (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Ghostbusters: Afterlife). What begins as a calculated bid for prom queen spirals into a dangerous unraveling as friendships shift, identity fractures, and the cost of reinvention becomes too much. This isn’t about fitting in... it’s about what disappears when you finally do, raising the larger question of who gets to decide what is considered beautiful and socially acceptable.
🎥 “The Gates” Trailer: James Van Der Beek’s Final Film Performance Looms Over This Tense Gated Community Thriller Starring Mason Gooding — In Theaters March 13th
A nighttime road trip slams into nightmare territory when three friends stumble onto a murder inside a pristine gated community. Mason Gooding, Algee Smith, and Keith Powers play the unlucky eyewitnesses of a woman’s murder who find themselves locked in, hunted by residents eager to pin the crime on them and erase the evidence. As tension rises and fear sets in, the hunt tightens under the watchful eye of an unhinged local pastor portrayed by the late James Van Der Beek in his final film performance before his passing this February from colorectal cancer. Written and directed by indie filmmaker John Burr (Muse), this suburban thriller pushes its central trio into a pressure cooker of terror and mistrust. The question isn’t just who did it... it’s who can make it out alive and live long enough to see dawn.
🎥 “Bodycam” Trailer: Two Officers Try to Cover Up an Accidental Shooting Only for Their Cameras to Capture Something Far More Sinister in This New Found-Footage Horror Thriller — Premieres March 13th on Shudder
A not-so-routine domestic dispute spirals into a terrifying nightmare when two responding officers pull the trigger and make a choice that could end their careers. Jaime M. Callica and Sean Rogerson star as a pair of patrol cops who decide the real threat isn’t the accidental shooting they just committed, but the public fallout that would follow, so they attempt to bury the truth before it surfaces. But as they manipulate evidence and lean on silence, their body cameras begin capturing something they can’t explain. Directed by Brandon Christensen (of Night of the Reaper), this found-footage horror thriller turns police procedure into a paranoia trap, and as the cover-up deepens, it becomes clear that someone—or something—has been watching all along.
🎥 “Is God Is” Trailer: Two Sisters (Kara Young and Mallori Johnson) Embark on a Quest for Revenge in Aleshea Harris’ Adaptation of Her Award-Winning Play — In Theaters May 15th
Kara Young and Mallori Johnson play sisters driven across unforgiving terrain to confront the parent who shattered their childhood, forcing them to reckon with pain that never healed. As the past tightens its grip and each confrontation cuts deeper, revenge becomes both compass and curse. Co-starring Janelle Monáe, Erika Alexander, Mykelti Williamson, and Sterling K. Brown, this revenge saga escalates with operatic fury. Written and directed by Aleshea Harris, adapting her own award-winning play, it asks how far justice can go before it turns into something else entirely.
🎥 “The Mummy Returns: 25th Anniversary” Re-Release Trailer: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz’s Beloved Swashbuckling Horror Franchise Rises Again on the Big Screen — Back In Theaters March 27th
Returning to the big screen after 25 years, this franchise sequel from director Stephen Sommers reunites Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz as wisecracking adventurer Rick O’Connell and whip-smart scholar Evelyn, once again facing the wrath of an ancient Egyptian priest with a serious grudge against the living. The second chapter in this now-beloved pulpy monster saga doubled down on spectacle and supernatural mayhem, proving that some curses (and some blockbusters) never stay buried for long.
🎥 “Tommy” IMAX Re-Release Trailer: The Who’s Cult 1975 Rock Opera Featuring Roger Daltrey, Elton John, and Tina Turner Returns to the Big Screen — In IMAX for a Limited Engagement March 17th–18th
In this ‘70s operatic fever dream, The Who frontman Roger Daltrey stars as the pinball-wizard prodigy whose childhood trauma renders him deaf, dumb, and blind, only to transform him into a cult icon in a world hungry for meaning. Directed by Ken Russell and fueled by Pete Townshend’s thunderous rock music, with unforgettable turns from Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Elton John, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, and Jack Nicholson, this maximalist cult classic turns spectacle into spiritual upheaval… loud, strange, and never simple.
🎥 “A Magnificent Life” Trailer: ‘The Triplets of Belleville’ Director Sylvain Chomet Reimagines French Auteur Marcel Pagnol’s Life in This Genre-Bending Animated Portrait — In Select Theaters March 27th
In this animated biopic, aging French novelist and auteur Marcel Pagnol is confronted by a miraculous visitor from his own past, as the young boy he once was begins guiding him through forgotten memories and buried doubts just as his confidence starts to falter. Directed by Sylvain Chomet, the visionary animator behind The Triplets of Belleville, this reflective drama turns nostalgia into personal reckoning, forcing the celebrated writer-filmmaker to decide whether memory can restore the creative spark… or quietly confirm that time has already moved on without him.
🎥 “Rose” Trailer: Sandra Hüller Stars as a Scarred Stranger Hiding a Shocking Secret in Filmmaker Markus Schleinzer’s Black-and-White Thirty Years’ War Historical Drama — Debuting at the Berlin International Film Festival
War makes strangers of everyone. In this stark black-and-white historical drama set during the Thirty Years’ War, acclaimed German actress Sandra Hüller, of Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest, plays a scarred drifter who arrives in a secluded Protestant village claiming to be a former soldier and the rightful heir to an abandoned farm, armed with paperwork and a quiet resolve that slowly wins over suspicious locals. Directed by Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer, this Berlin premiere traces a deception built on reinvention and survival, where the truth threatens to unravel everything Rose has fought to become.
🎥 “Mother’s Baby” Trailer: A New Mother’s Joy Turns to Fear and Doubt in This New Pregnancy Horror Thriller Starring Marie Leuenberger & Claes Bang — In Select Theaters and on VOD/Digital March 6th
A long-awaited birth gives way to something far more unsettling in this psychological pregnancy horror thriller. German actress Marie Leuenberger (The Divine Order) stars as a 40-year-old conductor who finally conceives after fertility treatment at a clinic run by the enigmatic Dr. Vilfort, played by Danish actor Claes Bang (TV’s Dracula, The Northman). But when complications during delivery separate her from her newborn without explanation, the reunion feels wrong... cold, distant, unfamiliar. As doubt gnaws at her new motherly instincts, postpartum fear gives way to a far more disturbing possibility in this slow-burn maternal chiller.
🎥 “Papa Bear” Trailer: A Young Girl Must Protect Her Dad After He Mysteriously Transforms Into a Giant Bear in This Russian Family Adventure Comedy — In Select U.S. Theaters and on VOD/Digital April 3rd
A quiet weekend in the woods turns magical when an exhausted father suddenly finds himself transformed into a very real, very large bear. When mischievous 11-year-old Masha (Eva Smirnova) realizes the fur-covered creature growling beside her is actually her dad (Boris Dergachev), she must hide him from a rifle-toting local hunter before their family getaway spirals into a full-blown wildlife crisis in director Maks Maksimov’s Russian family adventure comedy, dubbed in English.
🎥 “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” Trailer: A Father-to-Be Confronts the AI Boom in This Urgent Documentary from the Oscar-Winning Team Behind Navalny — In Theaters March 27th
The future doesn’t wait for us to feel ready. In this urgent documentary, a father-to-be sets out to make sense of the AI frenzy reshaping the world, chasing clarity through experts, skeptics, and the noise of a technology evolving faster than our guardrails. From the Oscar-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny, this hand-made feature turns anxiety into inquiry, asking what kind of world we’re building for the next generation... and whether optimism can survive what we unleash.
🎥 “Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare” Trailer: This HBO Doc Takes a 15-Year Look Back at the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Near Meltdown That Shook Japan — Streaming March 10th on HBO MAX
In this HBO documentary, survivors and firsthand witnesses revisit the earthquake and tsunami that triggered a near meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, confronting the fear and confusion that followed in real time. Directed by Matteo Gagliardi and built from footage captured between 2011 and 2015, this 15-year look back turns catastrophe into national reflection, asking what was learned, what was buried, and what still lingers long after the headlines faded.
🎥 “Young Washington” Sneak Peek: William Franklyn-Miller Steps Into the Boots of America’s First Leader in Jon Erwin’s Revolutionary War Origin Story with Andy Serkis — Coming to Theaters July 3rd
In this sweeping historical epic, newcomer William Franklyn-Miller steps into the boots of a young George Washington, tracing the formative war and wilderness trials that hardened him long before he ever led a nation.