Josh Hartnett Gets Trapped in New Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Serial Killer Thriller

Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest high-concept thriller, Trapwhich stars Josh Hartnett (Sin City, 30 Days of Night) as a serial killer cornered by the police while attending a concert with his daughter.

All the brief synopsis tells us is that “A father and his teenage daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they are at the center of a dark and sinister event,” but thanks to the first teaser, we already know that there is much more behind the concept.

Noticing a large police presence in and around the venue, Cooper, played by Hartnett, persuades a vendor to tell him what is happening and discovers that the police have been tipped off that a notorious serial killer known as The Butcher will be attending the concert.

Cooper then goes into the bathroom to check his home’s security system, and we see that he has a man tied to a chair screaming for help.

This new trailer seems to confirm that Hartnett’s character is the Butcher, but since this is a Shyamalan film, we can’t help but think that there might be at least one other plot twist that was left out of the marketing. We also get to see the lengths Cooper will go to avoid capture, including pushing a young girl down a flight of stairs to gain access to the backstage area.

In a recent interview, Shyamalan told Empire that his original idea for the pitch was, “What if The Silence of the Lambs took place at a Taylor Swift concert?” He also revealed that the film was partly inspired by the real-life “Operation Flagship” — a 1985 plot in which several fugitives were offered free tickets to an NFL game, only to discover it was a sting operation.

“It was hilarious. The cops were literally cheerleaders and mascots. These guys were dancing as they came in. And they all got caught. It was so twisted and funny.”

Check out the new trailer below along with a poster, and let us know what you think.

Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The film is produced by Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and M. Night Shyamalan. The executive producer is Steven Schneider. The director of photography is Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Call me by your name). The decorator is Debbie de Villa (The Hate Game). It is edited by Noëmi Preiswerk and the music is by Herdĭs Stefănsdŏttir (Knock on the cabin). The music supervisor is Susan Jacobs (Old); the costume designer is Caroline Duncan (Old)The casting is by Douglas Aibel (The city of asteroids).

Warner Bros. Pictures presents A Blinding Edge Pictures Production, a film by M. Night Shyamalan: Trap. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. Trap will be released on August 9, 2024 by Warner Bros. Pictures