Following a release in various areas of the world, David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars will finally be arriving in U.S. theaters (and VOD services) this month, and it’s an experience we recommend. Although we’ve already seen a wealth of footage from the film, seemingly one last trailer has arrived. Thanks to its red band nature, it gives perhaps the best look yet as we’re introduced to Cronenberg’s warped view of Hollywood.
We were mostly fans of Cronenberg’s latest at Cannes, saying in our review, “The result is something of a fascinating misfire, still shot and edited with the precise authority that has defined Cronenberg’s recent period, but jumbled in the search for narrative control and originality.” Featuring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Mia Wasikowska, and Evan Bird, check out the new trailer and poster below.
Meet the Weiss family, who are making their way in Hollywood rife with money, fame, envy, and relentless hauntings. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack) is a famed TV self-help therapist with an A-list celebrity clientele. Meanwhile, Cristina Weiss (Olivia Williams) has her work cut out managing the career of their disaffected child-star son, Benjie (Evan Bird), a fresh graduate of rehab at age 13.
Yet unbeknownst to them, another member of the Weiss family has arrived in town – mysteriously scarred and tormented Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), just released from a psych ward and ready to start again.She soon works her way into a friendship with a limo driver (Robert Pattinson) and becomes personal assistant to unraveling actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), who is beset by the ghost of her legendary mother, Clarice (Sarah Gadon). But Agatha is on a quest for redemption – and even in this realm of the artificial, and the unearthly, she’s determined to find it, no matter what it takes.
Maps to the Stars open on February 27th in theaters and on VOD.