M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap is set to trap its viewers to their seats in the action-horror movie filled with unexpected events.
A serial killer decides to have a daddy-daughter time with his daughter at a concert. After he realises that the police have a tail on him, he is torn between saving his daughter and saving his head.
After successfully portraying a supportive role in Oppenheimer, an adaptation of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II (yeah, that guy), Josh Harnett features in Trap. Also known for his roles in Target Number One and Wrath of Man, Josh stuns as Cooper.
Here’s everything we know about Trap
Trap Quick Facts
| Release Date: | 8 August 2024 |
| Runtime: | TBA |
| Director: | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Stars: | Josh Hartnett, Hayley Mills, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Marnie McPhail, and Vanessa Smyth. |
Trap Cast
The exact functions and descriptions of the cast and their roles have been hushed. However basic info such as the name and plot have been released.
We do know about Josh Hartnett who portrayed Ethan Chandler on Penny Dreadful, received nominations for three Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, acts as Cooper in Trap.
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Academy Juvenile Award and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year Actress recipient, Hayley Mills also features in the movie.
American R&B singer-songwriter and actress Saleka Shyamalan was cast as Riley. Other features include Alison Pill, Marnie McPhail & Vanessa Smyth.
Trap Josh Hartnett
M. Night Shyamalan recently brought audiences from far and wide for the movie Knock at the Cabin, which was released in theaters last February. The filmmaker now leaves us anticipating his latest work, Trap.
Though details about the movie remain hard to come by, in a recent interview with IndieWire at the SAG Awards, Josh Hartnett teases what’s to come. He promises fans surprise and excitement while hinting that the movie was dark, bizarre, and wild. Hartnett’s best experience of his career was working with Shyamalan.
Trap M. Night Shyamalan
Trailblazing American film director, producer, and screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan is directing the movie Trap. Most of his movies typically consist of a supernatural plot and twisted endings; Trap is hopefully no exception.
Celebrated with two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe, Shyamalan also produced the movie alongside Marc Bienstock & Ashwin Rajan. Other blockbuster movies of his include Praying with Anger, which was his debut, Glass released in 2019, and Knock at the Cabin in 2023. Altogether, he has received 34 nominations and 13 wins, showcasing his expertise in his craft.
Being the father of three daughters, Shyamalan wants his children to be proud of him but feels insecure when his mistakes emerge in front of them. Thus, placing his insecurities at the core of the movie, he created the roles of the serial killer and daughter to portray how a father works his heart out to provide and take care of his children. However, he never wants his children to be aware of his lapses.
Trap Plot
A serial killer dubbed as the butcher takes his daughter to a daddy-daughter time out at Lady Raven’s concert. Amidst the screams and yells at the thrilling performance, It dawns on him that the concert was a trap set up by the police to catch him.
Trap Trailer
Distributed by Warner Bros., Josh Hartnett’s character and his daughter, Jody, are at the concert of pop star Lady Raven. When Hartnett runs off to the bathroom, he notices a heavy police presence at the concert and quickly realises they are there to catch a serial killer.
It becomes apparent that Hartnett is the killer they are looking for, and it is revealed on his phone that he is holding a victim hostage. The trailer ends with Hartnett hysterically laughing to himself.
It’s dark, eerie and everything we are looking forward to!
Trap Stephen King
The concept of the authorities trying to trap and capture a serial killer at a pop concert with a primarily teenage girl audience brings to mind the ending of Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes.
The book is based on the life of retired detective Bill Hodges as he receives taunting messages from a serial killer, whom he had failed to capture and identify a few years before. Mr. Mercedes’ final act saw the killer, Brady Hartsfield, planning an attack to bring a bomb into a pop star’s concert, resulting in him blowing himself up and causing numerous casualties.
Trap Release Date Australia
Trap is set to be in Cinemas in Australia from 8 August 2024.