Trailer Round-Up: Anemone, Good Boy, Ballad of a Small Player, Keeper, Hedda, Fallout: S2, The Pitt: S2 and More!
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The deeper you hide, the darker it gets.
★ Anemone — Trailer
(in theaters Oct. 3rd & expands Oct. 10th)
Daniel Day-Lewis once said he was done with acting... turns out he just needed the right director. And who better than his own son?
The three-time Oscar winner isn’t just stepping out of semi-retirement, he’s plunging into the depths of Anemone, a haunting family drama directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. Daniel plays Ray Stoker, a former “phantom” soldier of the Irish Troubles who has spent two decades in cabin-bound isolation. Ray’s fragile peace collapses when his estranged brother (played by Game of Thrones’ Sean Bean) arrives unannounced with a request that drags buried ghosts back to the surface.
Co-written by father and son, the film mirrors the delicate yet unsettling symbolism of its title—referring to windflowers often tied to fragility—while weaving themes of sacrifice, loss, and fractured family bonds with dreamlike imagery, including visions of a giant fish gliding through rivers, as seen in the film’s official trailer. Also starring Samantha Morton, Anemone will premiere at the New York Film Festival in September before opening in select theaters October 3rd and expanding nationwide October 10th.
Evil doesn’t stand a chance against man’s best friend.
★ Good Boy — Trailer
(in theaters Oct. 3rd, now nationwide)
Who’s a good boy? One that can sniff out spirits and chase off the supernatural. Now that would deserve a treat or two.
In the upcoming horror movie Good Boy, filmmaker Ben Leonberg flips the script with a spooky thriller that taps into the heart of dog lovers who also appreciate a good scare. Told entirely from the perspective of Indy, a loyal canine who won’t just fetch—he’ll fight the forces of darkness. When his owner Todd (Shane Jensen) moves into a farmhouse with a sinister secret, Indy’s instincts kick in as creaks in the night escalate into full-blown terror.
Starring Leonberg’s own scene-stealing dog (critics at this year’s SXSW praised the pup’s performance), the film aims to blend loyalty, fear, and a four-legged fight against evil. With Larry Fessenden, Arielle Friedman, Anya Krawcheck, and Stuart Rudin rounding out the cast, Good Boy joins a growing trend of horror told from unusual perspectives (see: Presence and In a Violent Nature).
Good Boy is set to open nationwide in theaters October 3rd, with a Shudder streaming debut to follow. Now go pet your dog... because that bark might mean more than you think.
Luck always runs out... but sins never do.
★ Ballad of a Small Player — Teaser Trailer
(in select theaters Oct. 15th & on Netflix Oct. 29th)
We’ll admit it: once upon a time, we thought Colin Farrell was just Hollywood’s latest pretty face with an expiration date. Then came In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Banshees of Inisherin, and even The Batman and The Penguin—and suddenly, Farrell proved himself to be a force to be reckoned with, one of the most versatile actors of his generation.
Now he’s back at the tables in Ballad of a Small Player, a noir-soaked thriller from Oscar-winning director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front). Farrell plays Lord Doyle, a disgraced lawyer-turned-degenerate gambler drowning in liquor and debt on Macau’s casino floors. A mysterious employee (Fala Chen) may be his lifeline, but when a sharp-eyed investigator (Tilda Swinton) enters the game, Doyle’s luck is bound to run dry.
Is this a performance that will take Colin Farrell to Oscar night? Well, place your bets—the odds just might be in his favor.
Adapted from Lawrence Osborne’s acclaimed novel and scripted by Rowan Joffé, the film also co-stars veteran Hong Kong actress Deanie Ip. Ballad of a Small Player is set to premiere at TIFF in September, before opening in select theaters October 15th and landing on Netflix October 29th.
A cabin for two. A curse for one.
★ Keeper — Trailer
(in theaters Nov. 14th)
Filmmaker Osgood “Oz” Perkins is quickly becoming horror’s most reliable boogeyman... meaning he’s back to haunt us again just when we thought he was done scaring us.
Fresh off last year’s smash hit Longlegs and his Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, Perkins returns with his second film of the year—a slow-burn chiller that twists a romantic getaway into a psychological nightmare.
In Keeper, Tatiana Maslany (who also worked with Perkins in The Monkey) stars as Liz, a woman hoping for a blissful anniversary trip with her husband Malcolm (Orphan: First Kill’s Rossif Sutherland). But when he’s suddenly called back to the city, she’s left alone in their remote cabin—where the woods whisper of something ancient and unspeakable. What begins as a romantic retreat curdles into a nightmare of paranoia, fractured reality, and survival at any cost.
With narration from both Maslany and Sutherland and Perkins’s signature spiral of dread seemingly told through two points of view, Keeper promises a disorienting descent into isolation and terror. Written by Nick Lepard (Dangerous Animals), the film is set to open November 14th. And if horror history has taught us anything, a quiet cabin is never just a quiet cabin.
High society’s about to burn... and she’s holding the match.
★ Hedda — Trailer
(in theaters Oct. 22nd & on Prime Video Oct. 29th)
Tessa Thompson has done tender, tough, and everything in between. But in Hedda, she’s pure danger wrapped in a sparkling evening gown.
In filmmaker Nia DaCosta’s (Candyman, The Marvels) reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, Thompson stars as Hedda Gabler, the brilliant but bitter daughter of a general whose boredom curdles into manipulation. Trapped in a stifling marriage and boxed in by society’s rules, she turns a glittering dinner party into a powder keg of seduction, betrayal, and scandal—where every whispered secret inches closer to a tragic explosion.
Reuniting with DaCosta after her debut film Little Woods, Thompson leads a cast that includes Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, Kathryn Hunter, and Nina Hoss.
Hedda is set to make its world premiere in September at TIFF, before opening in theaters October 22nd. The film will then stream on Prime Video October 29th.
When reality is cruel, imagination becomes freedom.
★ Kiss of the Spider Woman — Trailer
(in theaters Oct. 10th)
Old Hollywood glamour meets political nightmare in Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, a Technicolor fever dream where escapist spectacle collides with brutal repression.
Andor star Diego Luna takes on the role of Valentín, a political prisoner trapped under a ruthless dictatorship, sharing a cell with Molina (played by Mexican-American queer actor Tonatiuh), a flamboyant window dresser jailed for indecency. As they endure grim conditions, Molina copes by conjuring lavish movie memories—chief among them the dazzling screen siren Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez, in what could be her most glamorous role yet). But fantasy and reality blur, as musicals and memories become both survival and seduction.
Adapted from Terrence McNally’s Tony-winning musical (and Manuel Puig’s acclaimed Argentine novel which itself was turned into a 1985 film), Condon’s reimagining promises spectacle, heartbreak, and a touch of poison-laced desire.
Kiss of the Spider Woman dances into theaters October 10th.
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★ “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” New Trailer: Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie Step Through a Red Door to Rewrite the Past in Kogonada’s Romance Fantasy — In Theaters September 19th
Farrell and Robbie star as strangers swept into a surreal world where love, memory, and second chances collide.
★ “The Mastermind” Trailer: Josh O’Connor Leads a Double Life as a 1970s Art Thief in Kelly Reichardt’s Smoky Period Drama with Bill Camp and Hope Davis — In Theaters October 17th
Reichardt trades Pacific Northwest eccentricities for a small-town art heist drama, with O’Connor as a struggling suburban family man whose quiet double life spirals out of control.
★ “Anniversary” Trailer: Diane Lane and Phoebe Dynevor Face Off over a Family Celebration in Jan Komasa’s Psychological Thriller with Dylan O’Brien and Kyle Chandler — In Theaters October 29th
A 25th wedding celebration spirals into chaos when a radical outsider threatens to unravel a family’s fragile bonds.
★ “Rabbit Trap” Trailer: Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen Capture a Sinister Sound in Bryn Chainey’s Psychological Horror Debut — In Select Theaters November 14th
A married couple’s countryside retreat turns sinister when an ancient sound unleashes paranoia, obsession, and woodland terror.
★ “The Man in My Basement” New Trailer: Corey Hawkins Rents to Willem Dafoe’s Sinister Stranger in New Psychological Thriller Based on Walter Mosley’s Acclaimed Novel — In Select Theaters September 12th
When a debt-ridden man rents out his basement to a mysterious stranger, a sinister deal threatens to consume him.
★ “Chain Reactions” Trailer: New Documentary Explores the Legacy of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ with Stephen King, Patton Oswalt, Karyn Kusama, and Takashi Miike — In Theaters September 19th
A new documentary explores how Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic reshaped horror and carved its place in pop culture history.
★ “Arco” Teaser Trailer: Natalie Portman Produces and Leads Voice Cast in French Animator Ugo Bienvenu’s Wildly Inventive Animated Sci-Fi Fantasy — In U.S. Theaters November 14th
A visually bold time-travel adventure where a young boy, a fearless girl, and her robot sidekick fight to save the future.
For more trailers, check out our latest ☰ “Trailer Blitz” post, covering a range of new indie and foreign movies coming out soon, click the link below:
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What happens in Vegas mutates in Vegas!
✪ Fallout: Season 2 — Teaser Trailer
(on Prime Video Dec. 17th)
Fallout isn’t just another video game adaptation, it’s a mushroom cloud of styles, genres, and pure wasteland weirdness. Retro-futurism, western grit, Cold War paranoia, and mutated monsters all collide in a show that’s as dazzling as it is dangerous.
Walton Goggins steals the spotlight as Cooper Howard, a pre-war movie star turned Vault-Tec poster boy who now roams the ruins as the Ghoul, a mutated, noseless gunslinger with a bone to pick. His path intertwines with Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), a bright-eyed Vault Dweller thrust into the irradiated surface world after her underground community’s massacre.
Season 2 takes them to the Las Vegas desert, where Lucy hunts for the truth about her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), while Cooper wrestles with guilt over once being the face of the corporation that doomed humanity. Along the way, the series promises bigger stakes, stranger secrets, and new players—including Justin Theroux as enigmatic RobCo CEO Robert Edwin House.
From executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Westworld), Fallout: Season 2 is set to premiere Wednesday, December 17th on Prime Video.
In this ER, the drama never flatlines!
✪ The Pitt: Season 2 — Teaser Trailer
(on HBO MAX Jan. 2026)
When The Pitt first landed, critics rushed to call it an ER clone—after all, Noah Wyle was back in scrubs and speaking medical jargon. But a season later, with twelve Emmy nominations and rave reviews, HBO’s medical drama has stitched up its own reputation as the new standard-bearer for the genre.
Wyle shines as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, steering his team through the relentless grind of life-or-death medicine at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. Season 2 picks up over a hectic Fourth of July weekend, once again unfolding in real time across a single 15-hour shift.
Most of the original ensemble returns—Katherine LaNasa, Tracy Ifeachor, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Fiona Dourif, Patrick Ball, and more—now stepping into higher stakes and heavier responsibilities, while new recruits are tossed into the ER fire. Expect personal storylines, like Dr. Frank Langdon’s battle with addiction, to cut even deeper this time around.
The Pitt: Season 2 is set to premiere January 2026 on HBO MAX.
Sometimes family ties don’t bind... they strangle!
✪ Black Rabbit — Trailer
(on Netflix Sept. 18th)
Family reunions are rarely easy. But in Black Rabbit, they’re downright deadly.
In this new Netflix original series, Jude Law stars as Jake Friedken, the sharp-suited owner of a swanky Manhattan restaurant on the cusp of glory. But just as the spotlight finds him, his estranged brother Vince (Jason Bateman, scruffy and spiraling) barges back into his life, bloodied, broke, and hunted by ruthless loan sharks.
Jake’s empire is already teetering—his marriage fractured, his debts mounting—and Vince’s return only drags him deeper into the shadows of New York’s underworld. What should have been a toast to success turns into a desperate scramble for survival.
Created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Zach Baylin (King Richard) and producer Kate Susman (The Order), this gritty Netflix crime thriller also stars Oscar-winner Troy Kotsur, Cleopatra Coleman, Sope Dirisu, Odessa Young, and Abbey Lee. With Law and Bateman also serving as executive producers, Black Rabbit is due to premiere Thursday, September 18th on Netflix.
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✪ “Mayor of Kingstown: Season 4” Teaser Trailer: Jeremy Renner Battles for Control as Edie Falco Shakes Up Taylor Sheridan and Antoine Fuqua’s Acclaimed Crime Series — Returning October 26th on Paramount+
Renner’s Mike McLusky finds his role as mediator threatened when Falco’s new prison warden cuts off his access, igniting a dangerous power struggle in Kingstown.
✪ “The Morning Show: Season 4” Trailer: Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon Return with Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, and Jeremy Irons in Apple’s Star-Powered Series — Returning September 17th on Apple TV+
Apple’s glossy drama leans further into prime-time melodrama as Aniston and Witherspoon lead a stacked ensemble navigating power plays, scandals, and egos in the cutthroat world of network news.
✪ “Pluribus” New Sneak Peek: Vince Gilligan’s Mysterious New Sci-Fi Series Starring Rhea Seehorn — Premieres November 7th on Apple TV+
From the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Pluribus drops a cryptic sneak peek promising mind-bending twists in present-day Albuquerque.
✪ “Doc: Season 2” Trailer: Molly Parker Faces Haunting Flashbacks as Felicity Huffman Joins FOX’s Medical Drama — Airs September 23rd on FOX
Molly Parker returns as Dr. Larsen, whose missing years still weigh heavy, while Felicity Huffman’s new chief of internal medicine shakes up the hospital in Season 2 of Doc.
✪ “Futurama: Season 13” Trailer: Fry, Bender, and Leela Return! — New Episodes Begin September 15th on Hulu, Disney+, and FXX
The pizza guy turned 31st-century misfit is back as Futurama launches a brand-new season filled with laughs, chaos, and plenty of sci-fi shenanigans.
✪ “Splinter Cell: Deathwatch” Teaser: Liev Schreiber Voices Sam Fisher in Netflix and Ubisoft’s Animated Take on Tom Clancy’s Stealth Franchise from Derek Kolstad, the Creator of John Wick — Premieres October 14th
Netflix brings the legendary covert operative to life in a bold new animated series that blends espionage, action, and high-stakes intrigue.
✪ “Blue Eye Samurai: Season 2” ‘Now in Production’ Teaser: Netflix’s Award-Winning Animated Epic Sets the Stage for Mizu’s Next Chapter
The creators and producers share a first look as production begins on Season 2, continuing Mizu’s blood-soaked journey of vengeance.
✪ “Wolf King: Season 2” Trailer: Netflix’s Animated Medieval Fantasy Returns as Drew Battles for His Throne and Searches for a Queen — Premieres September 11th on Netflix
The fight for power grows fiercer in Season 2 as Drew faces enemies on all sides while struggling with the crown’s greatest challenge: ruling wisely and choosing a queen.