The teaser trailer for Weapons shows a number of children fleeing their homes in writer-director Zach Cregger‘s horror feature.
Warner Bros. releases the film in theaters Aug. 8. The cast includes Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan.
The multi-story narrative for Weapons centers on a small town where children have been disappearing late at night. “Those kids walked out of the homes,” a character says somberly via voiceover in the trailer. “No one pulled them out. No one forced them.”
Cregger, Roy Lee, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules and Miri Yoon serve as producers.
In early 2023, The Hollywood Reporter reported that New Line won a fierce bidding war for Cregger’s spec script for Weapons, with the filmmaker landing eight figures to write and direct. Led by Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard and Justin Long, Barbarian hit theaters in 2022 and became a cult hit, surpassing $45 million at the global box office.
Cregger hit the CinemaCon stage in Las Vegas earlier this month to share the first footage from Weapons. During the presentation, New Line boss Richard Brener described the movie as “intriguing and unpredictable, with a nice helping of batshit insane.”
The director got his start in Hollywood as a member of the comedy group The Whitest Kids U’ Know, and his acting credits include starring roles on the series Dads With Kids and Wrecked. Next up, Cregger is writing and directing a reboot of the Resident Evil franchise, with THR reporting last month that the film is eyeing Weapons star Abrams for the lead.
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