The MartianOpens in a new tab screenwriter and former DaredevilOpens in a new tab showrunner Drew GoddardOpens in a new tab is getting a tune up before heading into the X-ForceOpens in a new tab movie. Goddard is writing and directing Bad Times at the El RoyaleOpens in a new tab, a ‘60s period thriller that will take viewers back to one blood-soaked night at a rundown hotel crossing into five different states. The first trailer has arrived, and it offers a glimpse of Goddard’s powerhouse cast, which includes Chris HemsworthOpens in a new tab, Jeff BridgesOpens in a new tab, Dakota Johnson, and Jon HammOpens in a new tab.
Most of the trailer follows Bridges’ Father Daniel Flynn, a priest who has fallen on hard times. And if the footage is any indication, Father Daniel may not even be a real priest. A young singer played by Cynthia Erivo is also thrust into the spotlight as she steps into a bad situation at the very worst possible time. Johnson is playing a criminal who has literally roped up her sister, as played by Cailee Spaeny; while Hamm is portraying a vacuum cleaner salesman who doesn’t seem to know when he should stop talking.
Hemsworth is playing a “charismatic cult leader,” and the trailer presents him as the biggest threat to his fellow “guests.” But there is also a hint that the hotel is more than it seems, as each room is designed to hide a secret passageway where the guests can be spied upon. “Management” apparently dictates who is watched and who isn’t, and the secrets of the guests are about to be revealed.
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Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman, and Mark O’Brien round out the cast of Bad Times at the El Royale. It will hit theaters on Friday, October 5.
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