Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” quickly became one of the year’s buzziest horror movies when the first trailer dropped in April.
Now, the latest trailer for the new film from the “Barbarian” director shows the drama (and haunting imagery) getting even darker as children’s disappearances plague a small town.
The logline reads: “’Weapons’ is a horror film that follows an entire classroom of children who get out of their beds and disappear one night without a trace. When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”
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Julia Garner stars as the teacher whose entire class, except for one student, goes missing in the dead of night. Josh Brolin plays one of the many parents disturbed by the disappearances, now determined to find his child at any cost. Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan also star.
Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and actor Brolin executive producing. New Line Cinema chief Richard Brenner previously described the film as being “batshit insane.” Cregger agreed, telling Entertainment Weekly that “Weapons” is “weirder, twistier, and bigger” than his directorial debut, “Barbarian.” (“Weapons” is said to exist within the same universe as “Barbarian,” which became an indie hit in theaters in September 2022.)
Cregger told Entertainment Weekly that “Weapons” is “an incredibly personal story” as well, saying, “There’s certain chapters of this that are legitimately autobiographical that I feel like I lived.”
The “Weapons” creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple, production designer Tom Hammock, editor Joe Murphy, and costume designer Trish Summerville. Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, and Cregger compose the original score.
The film is a New Line Cinema, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment, and BoulderLight Pictures production, with Warner Bros. Pictures distributing. “Weapons” will also get an IMAX nationwide release.
Cregger will next reimagine “Resident Evil” with his first IP film project.
Warner Bros. Pictures will release “Weapons” in theaters August 8. Check out the latest trailer below.
