Equals, the latest film from Like Crazy director Drake Doremus, will be getting its US premiere tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival. In light of this, the sci-fi/romance flick has gotten a brand new trailer. Starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult, this trailer has a familiar feeling to it, somewhere along the lines of 2005’s The Island…
“In this gripping and emotional sci-fi romance from acclaimed director Drake Doremus (Like Crazy), Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult play Nia and Silas, two people who work together in a futuristic society known as ‘The Collective.’ A seemingly utopian world, ‘The Collective’ has ended crime and violence by genetically eliminating all human emotions. Despite this, Nia and Silas can’t help noticing a growing attraction between them, leading them to a forbidden relationship—at first tentative, but then exploding into a passionate romance. As suspicion begins to mount among their superiors, the couple will be forced to choose between going back to the safety of the lives they have always known, or risk it all to try and pull off a daring escape” (A24 Films).
Equals is written by Nathan Parker and stars Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Bel Powley, and Kate Lyn Sheil. The film comes to theaters on July 15.
