Luca Guadagnino has a knack for working with the best of young Hollywood – from Timothée Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name, to Taylor Russel in Bones and All. And now Guadagnino has his sights set on the star power of The Bear actress Ayo Edebiri.
Overnight the trailer for his upcoming thriller film – starring Edebiri – dropped online. And it's got us pretty excited about some of the names attached – and what few plot details we've been able to squeeze from the scenes. But of course, we're most excited because, in our eyes, Guadagnino can do no wrong. For everything we know so far about the film, read on...
Watch the trailer
What is the film about?
Written by Nora Garrett, After The Hunt is slated to be an intense and dramatic thriller film about a university professor, their star pupil, accusations of misconduct and a dark secret threatening to come to light.
While we'll have to wait a little while longer to see how this looks on screen, star Anderw Garfield has shed some light on what it was like working on Guadagnino's set.
“What was exciting and surprising about being with Luca on set was how loose he is, how relaxed he is, how kind of spontaneous, in the moment and totally focused when he needs to be, but he seems to be allowing the day and the scene and the moment to be found,” he shared with Deadline. “He’s such a precise filmmaker, simultaneously, so I found that deeply surprising.”
Who is involved?
Julia Roberts stars as Alma Olsson, a tenured college professor whose composed academic life is shattered when a brilliant student, Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), accuses fellow professor Henrik Gibson (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. As Alma finds herself caught between believing the student or defending her colleague – who contends the accusation is retaliation after confronting Maggie – her own buried secrets begin to surface.
We also glimpsed eternal cool girl Chloë Sevigny in the trailer, as well as Michael Stuhlbarg, Thaddea Graham and Christine Dye.
When will it be released?
We can expect After the Hunt to drop in cinemas very soon – on 10 October 2025 – before expanding to wide release on 17 October.
Feature images from trailer.
