Companiongets a full-length trailer, revealing that the upcoming Jack Quaid horror movie has a surprising sci-fi twist. Directed by Drew Hancock, the horror movie stars Sophie Thatcher as Iris, a woman seemingly facing off against her twisted boyfriend, Josh, who is played by Quaid. The movie hails from the creative team behindBarbarian(2022), a breakout horror hit directed by Zach Creggor.
After a teaser trailer was released in late 2024,Warner Brosnow releases a full-length trailer forCompanion, revealing the surprising sci-fi twist thatThatcher’s Iris is actually a robot. What’s more, the trailer opens with a voice-over from Iris, claiming that the two happiest days in her life are the day she met Josh and the day she killed him. Check out the trailer below:
In addition to the trailer,EWalso reveals three new images from the movie, one of which features a look at a tense scene between Iris and Josh, while another is a close-up of Iris looking quite formidable. The final image sees Quaid and costar Megan Suri looking shocked at something off-screen. Take a look at the new images below:
Aside fromCompanion, Quaid will appear inThe Boysseason 5, and Thatcher will appear inYellowjacketsseason 2.
What The Cast & Director Told EW About Companion & Its Sci-Fi Twist
Jack Quaid Teases His Villain Character
The reveals that Iris is a robot and that she kills Josh could be considered major spoilers, butQuaid has stressed that there’s more toCompanionthat’s not shown. He tellsEW, “It was one of the best scripts I’ve ever read. I never saw any of the twists coming, but it’s not necessarily a movie that relies on a big reveal, and every reveal was fresh.” Quaid also praises how the film subverts expectations: “I love how the character with the most humanity is the robot in this story — it’s such a cool turn on several genres.”
“It’s not A.I. gone wrong, it’s A.I. gone right.”
As for Hancock, though he would have preferred maintaining an aura of mystery about the movie, he admits toEWthat it’s useful as a way to “sell the movie,” but also as a way to win over audiences who may have otherwise written the movie off:
“The silver lining of showing the audience [that] this is a movie about a robot is it’s a way to kind of get ahead of anyone dismissing it as another robot movie.Because it’d be so easy to just be like, ‘This is M3GAN,’ or, ‘This is the Megan Fox movie [Subservience].’ It’s a little different to be like, ‘No, this is a robot movie, but it’s not like any other robot movie that’s out right now.’ It’s not A.I. gone wrong, it’s A.I. gone right.”
Speaking specifically about the reveal that Iris is a robot, Hancock says that “The movie doesn’t really start until that reveal.” What unfolds afterward becomes a journey of “self-discovery,” and he describes the film as “a breakup movie about this woman finding empowerment through discovery of self.”
What Companion’s Sci-Fi Twist Means For The Movie
Will It Be A Success?
January can sometimes serve as a bit of a dumping ground for movie studios, and a lot of titles released this month don’t often make sense as releases for other times of the year.Companioninitially looked like a somewhat familiar horror title, butits sci-fi twist immediately separates it from other similar horror movies, such as last year’sCuckoo.
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It’s not clear whatCompanion’s budget is, but trailers thus far have teased a relatively contained story that was probably not all that expensive to bring to life, meaning it’s break-even point at the box office won’t be too high. The only other major horror title releasing this month is Leigh Whannell’sWolf Manreboot, but that hits theaters on January 17, meaningCompanionshould have relatively little competition at the box office. It remains to be seen how audiences response toCompanion, but it looks like a unique title in the horror space, which could give it an edge.
Companion
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Companion is an upcoming psychological thriller crafted by writer-director Drew Hancock.
