Things are set to get heated this August — right from the comfort of your own home. While they’ll also be landing in theaters, Brian De Palma‘s erotic drama Passion will arrive on VOD, along with the porn star biopic Lovelace, as well as Paul Schrader‘s Los Angeles-set The Canyons, featuring none other than Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen.
We’ve recently dropped a batch of NSFW photos as the world premiere for the lattermost was announced, but after a batch of underwhelming parody teasers, our first official trailer has landed. This new look has us a bit more excited, with some flashy title cards setting the tone for what will hopefully be a return to form for Schrader, heading back to his dark character studies filled with sexual obsession. Scripted by Bret Easton Ellis, check out the trailer below, which features a brief glimpse at Gus Van Sant‘s cameo.
Synopsis:
Christian is a young LA trust-fund dude who’s financing a horror film simply to keep his dad off his back about doing something with his life. He has been dating Tara for about a year — she was an aspiring actress/model who settled down with him when the reality of the business became apparent to her. She’s now just Christian’s bored plaything. Christian’s assistant Gina is casting the film with assistance from Tara. Gina is pushing Ryan, her boyfriend and struggling actor, for the lead. Unbeknownst to either Christian or Gina, Ryan and Tara were a couple three years ago. When Ryan came back into Tara’s life during the auditions for the movie, they reignited their affair. But Christian, a dangerous control-freak, finds out about the affair and starts playing cruel mind games with both Tara and Ryan, which escalate into an act of bloody violence.
The Canyons hits VOD and theaters on August 2nd.