Shout! Studios has released the official Magpie trailer for the upcoming neo-noir thriller drama, which will be led by Star Wars alum Daisy Ridley. The film is scheduled to arrive in select theaters on October 25.
Check out the Magpie trailer below (watch more trailers):
What happens in the Magpie trailer?
The video introduces Ridley as a mother who recently gave birth to her second child. After her husband begins to accompany their daughter to a film production, she starts suspecting that her husband might be having an affair with a movie star. The trailer teases the things Ridley’s character will do as she deals with overwhelming emotions triggered by her husband’s potential affair and recent childbirth.
“The film centers around married couple Anette and Ben, whose lives begin to fracture when their daughter is cast alongside a glamorous movie star, Alicia,” reads the film’s synopsis. “As Anette’s suspicions of Ben’s infatuation with Alicia intensify, their secrets and lies threaten to burst to the surface and destroy them all.”
Magpie is directed by Sam Yates from a screenplay written by Tom Bateman based on an original idea by Ridley. The cast also includes Shazad Latif, Matilda Lutz, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Hiba Ahmed, Cherrelle Skeete, and Alistair Petrie. The film is produced by Ridley, Bateman, Kate Solomon, Camilla Bray, Nadia Khamlichi, and Sierra Garcia, with Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Nessa McGill, and Clare Hardwick executive producing.
