[WATCH] Lupita Nyong’o Save Some Kids In The ‘Little Monsters’

From her Marvel debut in Black Panther to Jordan Peele’s Get Out followup Us, Lupita Nyong’o is having a good time on the films lately. Which is nice, as a result of after profitable the Academy Award for her heartbreaking work in 12 Years a Slave, it’s good to see the extremely gifted actress branching out into blockbuster fare and the horror style. And it appears Nyong’o has taken a liking to the latter, as her subsequent movie, Little Monsters, is a horror-comedy a few zombie apocalypse with a little bit of a youthful twist.

I imply, a actually “youthful twist,” as a result of Nyong’o performs a schoolteacher who’s compelled to shepherd and defend a bunch of unruly youngsters when the flesh and guts-eating monsters invade. Per the official logline accompanying the brand new trailer:

LITTLE MONSTERS follows Dave (Alexander England), a washed-up musician who volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class subject journey after taking a severe liking to the fearless schoolteacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o). Dave’s intentions are difficult by the presence of the world’s most well-known youngsters’ present persona and competitors for Miss Caroline’s affections, Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad).

One factor none of them bargained for, nonetheless, is a sudden zombie outbreak. Will Dave rise to the event and have an opportunity at Miss Caroline’s coronary heart, or will the zombies get there first?

From Australian director Abe Forsythe, who described Little Monsters as “an R-rated Pixar movie,” the movie premiered on the Sundance Film Festival in January and later screened at South By Southwest. It’s scheduled for a November 15th launch in Ireland and the United Kingdom, however sadly, there’s no phrase but on if and when will probably be getting a wider launch within the United States.