‘Promising Young Woman’ Trailer: The Carey Mulligan Sundance Darling Is Heading To Theaters This Christmas
Promising Young Womanpremiered to raves at Sundance ealrier this year, with many praising the rape revenge black comedy byKilling Evehead writerEmerald Fennellin her feature directorial debut, as well as starCarey Mulligan’s sharp lead performance as a victim of sexual assault who enacts bloody vengeance on all men. Now it seems like Focus Features is staking it all on that lead performance, settingPromising Young Womanfor a December release this year — just in time for an Oscar campaign for Mulligan. Watch the newPromising Young Womantrailer below.
Promising Young Woman Trailer
I’ve been excited forPromising Young Womansince thefirst trailer hit in December of last year, and the raves coming out of Sundance only pushed it higher on my most anticipated list. Then the pandemic hit, andPromising Young Womanwas pushed further and further from its original April release date. The December theatrical release date doesn’t bode too well forPromising Young Woman,but there are a few silver linings: by dropping it in prime awards season, it appears that Focus Features is gearing up for an Oscar campaign for star Carey Mulligan, which she totally deserves, especially after this vengeful turn is such a refreshing change of pace from her wounded naif roles. And perhaps Focus Features could be using the same release strategy that Universal is employing withFreaky, by playing the film in theaters before putting in on VOD early as part ofthe deal that studios have struckwith AMC.
Promising Young Womanalso starsBo Burnham, in his first major acting role since directing the award winningEighth Grade, along withAlison Brie(GLOW),Connie Britton(American Horror Story),Adam Brody(Ready orNot),Jennifer Coolidge(2 Broke Girls),Laverne Cox(Orange is the New Black),Max Greenfield(New Girl),Christopher Mintz-Plasse(How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World),Sam Richardson(Detroiters), andMolly Shannon(Divorce).
Here is the synopsis forPromising Young Woman:
From visionary director Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve) comes a delicious new take on revenge. Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman… until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.
