You’d think about that assembly your favourite music artists would really feel like essentially the most spellbound and full-circle second of your life, however in the case of A24’s first trailer for upcoming music thriller Opus, that is removed from the case. Yesterday (January 21) A24, which has made a number of the finest Max motion pictures, dropped the first-look trailer (see under) for Opus starring John Malkovich and Ayo Edebiri, star of the most effective Hulu exhibits, The Bear. With its March 14 launch date now within the calendar, I’m already buckled in for what’s going to undoubtedly grow to be certainly one of my favourite new motion pictures this 12 months.
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From filmmaker Mark Anthony Green in his characteristic directorial debut Opus is a music horror-thriller focussing on Ariel Ecton (Edebiri), {a magazine} author decided to get her arms on a career-altering story when lacking pop star of 30 years, Alfred Moretti (Malkovich), surfaces from a compound to unveil new music to a non-public choose group of celebrities. When Ariel accepts a private invitation to spend the weekend at his compound, she sees it as a daring profession alternative however finds herself amidst a cult run by Moretti himself, whose plans to launch new music are far more unsettling than anticipated. Think Mark Mylod’s The Menu (2022), however with a pop cult fandom edge.
Though the film’s theatrical launch isn’t till spring, Opus is about to premiere at this 12 months’s Sundance Film Festival on January 27. In addition to its two main stars, Green’s characteristic packs a strong supporting solid together with Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Stephanie Suganami, Young Mazino, and Tatanka Means.
Macro Film Studios, creators of Sorry to Bother You (2018) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), has taken the reins on manufacturing, enlisting Joshua Bachove, Collin Creighton, Poppy Hanks, Jelani Johnson and Brad Weston as producers.
Pop music meets Ayo Edebiri – is that this film made for me personally?
You can guess your backside greenback that when the trailer for Opus dropped, I paused every thing within the second to completely immerse myself in yet one more Ayo Edebiri-centric piece of media. Since watching her in FX’s The Bear, Inside Out 2 (2024), and naturally Emma Seligman’s black comedy highschool satire Bottoms (2023), I’ve grow to be the self-styled president of the Ayo Edebiri fan membership.
But as an admirer of films like The Menu (2022) and somebody who actively participates in fan tradition, I’ve been patiently ready for a film like Opus to look at and exaggerate fan conduct by way of the lens of a cult. And since platforms like TikTok have enhanced the ferocity and defensive nature of music fandoms, there has by no means been a extra acceptable time for a film like this to return alongside – therefore why it has shot proper to the highest of my must-watch listing for 2025.
All issues apart, the trailer reinforces a enjoyable conspiracy about artists taking lengthy absences that I can’t assist however hyperfixate on. Who is aware of, possibly Rihanna’s decade-long break from music is far more than a easy retirement interval…?
