Edgar Wright Sends Anya Taylor-Joy Into a Nightmare

The long-awaited trailer for Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho” is right here, and it’s a delirious, colourful and nightmarish journey that follows “The Queen’s Gambit” star Anya Taylor-Joy by 1960s London.

This is Wright’s first departure away from comedy and motion and into the realm of neo-noir, psychological thrills and horror. The first have a look at the movie already hints at a stylized head journey — Wright followers have observed that “Last Night in Soho’s” stark coloured lighting, glistening results and spiraling digital camera pay homage to Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1964 French artwork home movie “Inferno.”

“Last Night in Soho” stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie and Matt Smith. The movie follows a younger woman keen about trend design who meets a singer and her idol, solely to seek out out that this time shouldn’t be what it appears.

Wright wrote the script with “Penny Dreadful” author Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Michael Ajao, Synnøve Karlsen, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp and Rita Tushingham additionally co-star.

“Last Night in Soho” is produced by Wright, Nira Park and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Focus Features and Film4 co-financed the movie.

Wright most lately directed “The Sparks Brothers,” which will even be launched by Focus Features subsequent month and is Wright’s first documentary. The movie follows the Los Angeles pop band Sparks, made up of Ron and Russell Mael, and the way the group has proved to be wildly influential and profitable whereas someway nonetheless flying below the radar for most of the people. Wright’s final narrative function movie was 2017’s “Baby Driver” starring Ansel Elgort. The motion, heist and comedy movie was nominated for 3 Oscars and made $226.9 million worldwide on a $34 million finances.

“Last Night in Soho” was meant to hit theaters way back to September of final yr, however will now open in theaters on Oct. 22. Check out the primary trailer for the movie right here and above.