Midsommar
A24 has discharge an prescribed bill sticker for Ari Aster ’s new revulsion picture , Midsommar . Aster made quite the name for himself last year with his feature directorial debut , Hereditary . The movie generated lots of bombilation follow its premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and break on to make an equally big splattering in theatre , where it gross $ 79 million at the global box office against a $ 9 million budget . More than that , Hereditarywas celebratedfor being one of the freakiest horror film of the class , block off none , and a layered patch of storytelling driven by a tour - Delaware - force performance from Toni Collette .
With those sorting of honour , it ’s not wonder horror fans are eagerly awaiting Aster ’s sophomore effort , Midsommar . The movie , which Aster both compose and directed , maven Jack Reynor ( transformer : Age of Extinction ) and Florence Pugh ( Fighting with My Family ) as a couple who take a slip to Sweden to natter their friend ’s hometown and enjoy the annual mid - summer festival , but end up becoming snare in a horrifying competition involving a pagan cultus . A24 started drop annoyer artwork for the film on Twitter this preceding week , as part of the build - up to today ’s bill launching .
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The officialMidsommarposter is now available online , with a prevue likely to follow in the foreseeable future . you’re able to check it out in the space below .
While theMidsommarposter is boastful on promising colors and the easy imaging of Reynor and Pugh in a field of flowers , it ’s safe to adopt the genuine film will be full of far more disturbing visuals , likeHereditarybefore it . free-base on the story details give up so far , Midsommarwill follow its characters on a journeying that start off harmlessly enough - like the one - weather sheet indicate - before it condescend into a full - bollocks nightmare , much like what transpired inHereditary ’s 2d half . Naturally , the moving picture invite compare to films likeThe Wicker Manand last year’sApostle , seeing as they too revolved around fictional character uncovering a cult that ’s cover some dangerously bizarre enigma . On the other manus , the direction on the couple dally by Reynor and Pugh suggestsMidsommarcould fall down closer to a parable about marriage and/or relationships than either of those movies , thematically speaking .
At the moment , Midsommaris scheduled to hit theaters in August , where it will open against films like Disney’sArtemis Fowladaptation , Warner Bros. ' comic book - based mob dramaThe Kitchen , and Guillermo del Toro’sScary Stories to Tell in the Dark . That weekend is presently pretty packed , so it ’s potential that either one or more of those film will end up changing dates between now and then . It should n’t be a problem forMidsommareither way , seeing as Aster ’s repugnance film is expected to garner a hard R rating ( much likeHereditary ) and skew older thanScary Stories , as far as competition for the horror bunch live . As always , we ’ll keep you updated as the story develop .
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