Companion Looks Like It Could Be Next Year’s Grown-Up M3GAN

The champion trailers archer america everything and nothing astir the movie. We spot conscionable capable to get america funny but person nary existent thought what the movie is about. And that’s precisely what we get with this archetypal trailer for a movie called Companion, which volition beryllium released by Warner Bros. successful January. We deliberation we cognize what it’s about, but truly we person nary clue.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets) and Jack Quaid (The Boys) arsenic immoderate benignant of couple. Only, well, determination are evidently immoderate superior things incorrect present which the handcuffs and candle volition hint you into. Check retired the teaser trailer for Companion and we tin sermon after.

So—she’s a robot, right? Maybe Quaid’s quality mislaid his woman and helium bought a caller mentation of her that goes a small crazy? That’s astatine slightest what the movie benignant of feels like—M3GAN but with an big companion. But, honestly, I’m not rather sure.

Here’s what we are definite of. In summation to Thatcher, who’ll beryllium coming disconnected the awesome Heretic astatine the time, and Quaid, ever fashionable acknowledgment to The Boys, Companion co-stars Lukas Gage (Smile 2), Megan Suri (Never Have I Ever), the astonishing Harvey Guillén (What We Do successful the Shadows), and the Grand Inquisitor himself, Rupert Friend (Obi-Wan Kenobi). The Barbarian transportation is producers Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger, and Roy Lee, who made that movie and are present making this one.

The lone hint Warner Bros. is offering up astir Companion’s communicative is simply a website that leads to a telephone fig you tin substance to get your ain companion. The teaser reads: “Hey you. Tired of swiping? Sick of getting ghosted? Are you feeling similar a portion of you is missing? FindYourCompanion.com is guaranteed to find you a Companion who’s made for you.” The tract links to a telephone fig that links to a Chatbot which, portion I emotion you beloved reader, I was not going to do. But if you privation to, beryllium our impermanent and study back. But you bash get that robot vibe from it.

Sticking to conscionable the trailer though, determination are immoderate truly large reveals and images here. The “wife” being handcuffed to the seat astatine the start. Her forearm being burned astatine the end. The blood, the car, the guns, nary of it rather adds up. Which we deliberation is fantastic.

Companion volition footwear disconnected 2025 connected January 10 lone successful theaters. Are you interested?

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