He’s had writing credits on The Square, Felony, The Rover, and more, but Joel Edgerton finally got the first chance to make his own feature recently with The Gift. Produced by Jason Blum (The Purge, Paranormal Activity, Whiplash), it brings together Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, and Edgerton himself, and today the first trailer has arrived.
The story concerns Bateman and Hall as a married couple who gets visits from a strange high school acquaintance (Edgerton) that soon turns into a psychological mindgame. As a fan of the tightly controlled thrillers Edgerton has been a part of (particularly with the collective of Blue-Tongue Films), hopefully this one is a step above the standard Blumhouse horror fare. Check out the trailer below ahead of a release this summer.
Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged….chances are there is someone out there who won’t ever forget it…or you.
Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon’s high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn’t recognize Gordo (Joel Edgerton) at first, but after a seemingly coincidental series of encounters proves troubling, a horrifying secret from their past is uncovered after nearly 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?
The Gift opens on July 31st.