M. Night Shyamalan's ‘Trap' (Updated)

A trailer has been revealed for 'Trap' which reveals quite a lot!

Updated Article 7/24/24

With the release of Trap just around the corner, here are a few details about the movie with some images. You can watch the first trailer below at the bottom of the page and also the 2nd trailer that was released half way down.

The movie, which will be released on August 2nd 2024, has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association due to some violent content and brief strong language.

The idea for the film came from a simple pitch by Shyamalan.

What if The Silence Of The Lambs happened at a Taylor Swift concert?

Trap was partly inspired by a real 1985 Operation Flagship plot, where fugitives were lured to a fake event with free NFL tickets and a chance to win a Super Bowl trip. 

Over 100 people showed up, only to find out it was a police sting where the cops dressed as cheerleaders and mascots, and everyone got caught. |

Shyamalan combined this idea with his daughter Saleka's rising pop career. 
"I directed an entire concert for the movie," he explains. "It's not just a background thing; it's equally important. You can't see this concert anywhere else but in the movie. It's like windows within windows, a unique cinema experience you can only get in a theater."
Saleka Shyamalan has also released one of the songs from the movie, titled Save Me, which you can listen to here.

After the first for Trap was released, fans were worried the twist had already been ruined, as I mentioned below, but Shyamalan had this to say:
The response [to the trailer] was so amazing. [As to whether the big twist has been spoiled] Who can say? But I did know that that was how I was going to sell it when we were shooting. The story already starts months before you come into the movie theatre. As a storyteller, I have to be a part of that. I was very careful.

Original Article 4/18/24

While no release date has been set yet, a trailer has been released from M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie, Trap. In the film, Josh Hartnett plays the role of a seemingly a ordinary father who takes his young daughter, Jody (Ariel Donoghue), to attend a concert by the popular pop star Lady Raven, portrayed by none other than Saleka Shyamalan, the daughter of the renowned filmmaker, Shyamalan. 

The actually gives a lot away, which is surprising for a Shyamalan movie, where you always expect a twist towards the end, and I would guess a big twist will still be in the movie.

At the concert, Hartnett discovers a massive police presence. The police were tipped off that The Butcher, a notorious local serial killer, would be attending the concert. In response, they transformed the arena into a strategic trap. As fate would have it, the killer turned out to be none other than the father himself, portrayed by Hartnett. 

You can watch the trailer below


Are you looking forward to Trap? Personally I am not a massive fan of Shyamalan, but his films always interest me enough to at least want to watch them despite previous disappointments!

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