Trap has the best trailer we've seen in years
Trap | Official trailer
M. Night Shyamalan has long been known for his twists, but those twists are normally reserved for the end of his movies, not trailers. But it seems he's branching out into uncharted territory with his new thriller Trap, which has a first trailer that feels worthy of the Shyamalan name.
The trailer begins with a daughter (Ariel Donoghue) rushing her father (Josh Hartnett) into a stadium where his favorite pop star (played by M. Night's daughter Saleka Shyamalan) is to perform. The concert has all the hallmarks and visual cues of an Eras-style mega-tour. But when the dad takes a break from singing to go to the bathroom, he suddenly finds that cops and SWAT teams have locked down the entrances to the building, and things begin to spiral into some very surprising directions. But you have to watch the trailer to get the full effect.
In M. Night's presentation of the trailer at CinemaCon 2024, he said that he developed the idea for the film for several years together with his daughter Saleka, who is a real R&B singer. Over the years, M. Night and Saleka often discussed how to combine their love of music and thrillers into a film, and Trap finally helped them find just the right idea.
