Hinging on matters of choice, morality and secrets, Bad Times At The El Royale has been busy leap-frogging onto our Must-See list. The new trailer only deepens the mystery, so check it out.
Drew Goddard, who wrote The Martian and co-wrote and directed Cabin In The Woods, reunites with Chris Hemsworth, star of the latter for this new thriller. Which, according to its official synopsis, finds seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meeting at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption – before everything goes to hell...
Those strangers include Jon Hamm (channeling a blend of Don Draper and a Southern preacher), Dakota Johnson, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Cailee Spaeny and Nick Offerman, and the venue itself has a distinct Twin Peaks feel, straddling the border between California and Nevada in the late 1960s.
Bad Times At The El Royale will hit our cinemas on 12 October.
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