Trailer – “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”

Sony Pictures has released the teaser trailer for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” starring Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Billy Magnussen, Brandon Perea, Sarah Gadon, Chloe East & Hamish Linklater. The film will be released in theaters on September 19th.

Plot Synopsis: What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.

What do you all think of the trailer? I think we can all agree that director Kogonada is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. First, a video essayist on cinema through his YouTube page, he applied his intellect and instincts to the craft to deliver two excellent films: “Columbus” and “After Yang.” “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” is the first film he hasn’t written himself, and you can get a sense of that through the trailer as this feels more commercial for him while retaining his focus on human relationships and our connections to the world around us through space and time. Considering how big the cast is, you’d think this was a two-hander, seeing as how the trailer really lasers in on its two magnetic stars, Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie. I’m sure this will be an emotional and reflective journey for audiences, but will it fully land? There are a lot of big swings being taken here, and the film pretty much showed us its cards by making the trailer over three minutes long and giving away much of the main story beats. If you’re not entirely sold by what’s here, there’s a good chance the final film may not be for you. Still, Kogonada, even as a director, makes this worth checking out as schmaltzy and cloying as it might appear (also you can’t tell me you’re not dying to hear Joe Hisaishi’s score). Do you think it will premiere at Venice or TIFF before its theatrical release, or skip the fall film festivals altogether? What do you think? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.