What’s on the menu? A lot of thrills, along with some dark comedy! Searchlight Pictures has released the trailer of their upcoming horror dark comedy film titled The Menu, and the film looks kinda mysterious.
The film will feature The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy, Mad Max: Fury Road actor Nicholas Hoult and Harry Potter’s Voldemort, Ralph Fiennes, in prominent roles. Read on to watch the trailer and learn more about the film.
The Menu Trailer Features Ralph Fiennes as a Sadistic Chef
The trailer shows a couple, Margot (Taylor-Joy) and Tyler (Hoult), getting on a secluded island for a culinary experience, along with a group of wealthy people. The group is hosted by Slowik (Fiennes), a sadistic and secretive chef who makes the finest meals.
At first, the trailer feels like a take on the fancy rich-people parties, where Margot feels out of place. But as the footage progresses, it reveals some horror elements. Chef Slowik and other cooks are shown preparing meals that have photos and even sensitive information about the dinner guests printed on the food.
By the end of the trailer, the drama intensifies as a person is shot and another get’s their arm cut off. The Menu will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September this year and will be released in theatres on November 18, 2022. Watch the gripping trailer below.
The Film was Announced in 2019
The first announcement of the film was made in April 2019. After multiple changes in cast and crew, the filming finally began in September 2021 in Savannah, Georgia.
The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Young couple Margot and Tyler travel to a remote island to eat at Hawthorne, an exclusive restaurant run by celebrity chef Slowik, who has prepared a lavish molecular gastronomy menu where food is treated as conceptual art, but his approach to cuisine has some shocking surprises for the wealthy guests.”
To overlook the cooking-related details in the film, French Chef Dominique Crenn was hired as the chief technical consultant. Crenn is the only woman in the United States to have received three Michelin stars and is one of the Iron Chefs in Netflix’s Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend.
The Menu Cast and Crew
Apart from Taylor-Joy, Hoult and Fiennes, The Menu will also star Hong Chau as Elsa, Janet McTeer as Lillian Bloom, Judith Light as Anne, John Leguizamo as a movie star, Reed Birney as Richard, Rob Yang as Bryce, Aimee Carrero as Felicity, Paul Adelstein as Lillian’s editor, Arturo Castro as Soren, Mark St. Cyr as Dave and Rebecca Koon as Linda.
The film is being helmed by Mark Mylod, with a screenplay by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. The will be the first feature film by Mark, who has previously directed some episodes of highly successful shows such as Game of Thrones, Succession, Shameless and Entourage.
The film has been produced by Adam McKay and Betsy Koch under their production banner Hyperobject Industries.
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