M. Night Shyamalan Casts Josh Hartnett as Serial Killer

Warner Bros. has launched the trailer for M. Night time Shyamalan‘s newest thriller thriller “Entice,” starring Josh Hartnett, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Marnie McPhail.

In keeping with the official logline, “Entice” follows a “father and teenage daughter attending a pop live performance, the place they notice they’re on the middle of a darkish and sinister occasion.” The movie’s first look was screened at this 12 months’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

Within the trailer, Hartnett’s character and his daughter, Jody, are on the live performance of pop star Woman Raven. When Hartnett runs off to the lavatory, he sees that there’s a heavy police presence on the live performance and shortly learns they’re there to catch a serial killer. The twist is that Hartnett is the killer they’re in search of, and it’s revealed on his cellphone that he’s holding a sufferer hostage. The trailer ends with Hartnett maniacally laughing to himself.

Along with CinemaCon, the “Entice” trailer was teased at an occasion this week in Los Angeles referred to as “The Summer time of Shyamalan,” during which the filmmaker spoke not solely about “Entice” but additionally about “The Watchers,” which he produced. “The Watchers” is written and directed by his daughter, Ishana Night time Shyamalan. The pop star in “Entice” is performed by the director’s different daughter, Saleka, a singer-songwriter who additionally wrote a number of songs for the movie.

The director mentioned a part of the enchantment of creating “Entice” was the thought of telling the story “from the vantage level of an sudden particular person” — on this case, Hartnett’s killer. “It type of led increasingly to this darkish humor angle that ‘Servant’ has and ‘The Go to’ and ‘Cut up’ had.” Shyamalan mentioned he has actually come to embrace that tone “and ensuring it’s a enjoyable time for everyone. It’s odd … when you ought to be terrified and also you’re laughing on the similar time.”

Shyamalan additionally spoke about casting Hartnett, who has just lately made a return to appearing by showing in “Black Mirror” and “Oppenheimer.” Shyamalan mentioned he works outdoors of Hollywood conventions, making movies in a “small, cheap” method. He famous, “What I’m in search of is somebody that’s prepared to simply let go fully, give themselves over like a play to the film and leap, leap, leap — don’t defend your self. That stunning electrical energy that requires the suitable actor on the proper time of their life. And that’s the place Josh was when once I once I met him.”

Shyamalan continued, “It was only a feeling of the suitable particular person on the proper time. I simply had probably the most fantastic time working with him.”

“Entice” is ready to hit theaters Aug. 9. Watch the “Entice” trailer beneath.