Trap Release Date: M. Night Shyamalan’s New Movie Moved Up By M. Night Shyamalan fans can rejoice as his upcoming thriller movie, , has had its release date moved up.
On Thursday, Warner Bros. scheduled releases for four new untitled films. Along with those, Trap also saw a change in its theatrical release date.
M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap release date gets preponed by a week The two-time Oscar-nominated director’s upcoming thriller, Trap, is no longer coming out on August 9. As per , the Josh Hartnett thriller will get a wide release on August 2 instead.
In this slightly earlier release spot, Trap will not compete directly with Lionsgate’s Borderlands adaptation on their opening weekends. However, it will go head-on against Neon’s horror thriller Cuckoo, and Sony’s Harold and the Purple Crayon. But another film going up against it will be Deadpool & Wolverine, which will enter its second weekend on August 2 after a potentially big opening.
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap is centered on a father (Hartnett) who takes his daughter to attend a music concert. But as he takes a bathroom break, he realizes that the entire event was set up to trap and capture a serial killer on the loose.
A twist in the tale – suggested that Hartnett’s character is seemingly hiding a dark secret. He is implied to be the serial killer himself, as he was seen holding someone hostage. However, it wasn’t entirely confirmed whether the well-mannered father is an antagonis.
