Hulu
Earlier than the triumphant return of 2003’s hottest celeb couple, Bennifer, final summer time, there was the PDA-packed yearlong fling between Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas that ended with weird photographs of a cardboard cutout of de Armas in Affleck’s trash. One of the vital buzzed-about COVID couples, up there with Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, the actors linked up within the early days of the pandemic and their canine walks turned a supply of unlikely leisure at a time after we as a nation wanted it most.
It nearly seems like a fever dream now, however we are going to at all times have the various photographs of Affleck, Dunkin iced espresso in hand, strolling his canine with the down dangerous Knives Out star laughing exaggeratedly at one thing he stated. And subsequent month, we’ll be capable to see the couple reunited on display within the erotic thriller Deep Water.
The primary teaser trailer for Deep Water was launched on Monday, and it exhibits the previous flames getting sizzling and heavy. Tailored from the Patricia Highsmith novel of the identical identify, Affleck and de Armas play Vic and Melinda Van Allen, a ravishing, seemingly excellent couple hiding darkish secrets and techniques. Trapped in a loveless marriage however determined to keep away from the messiness of divorce, the 2 resort to thoughts video games and permit one another to take lovers. Ultimately, their unorthodox association has deadly repercussions for these round them.
“Do you like me?” de Armas asks within the brief clip, transferring Affleck’s hand between her legs. The trailer takes an ominous flip when de Armas all of a sudden adjustments her tone, breathily warning, “There’s one thing fallacious with me.”
Deep Water is directed by Adrian Lyne, the mastermind behind sexually-charged psychological thrillers akin to 9 ½ Weeks, Deadly Attraction, and Indecent Proposal. It’s Lyne’s first movie in almost 20 years—he final directed Untrue, which earned Diane Lane an Oscar nomination, in 2002. Zach Helm and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson penned the script. The forged additionally consists of Tracy Letts, Jacob Elordi, Lil Rey Howery, Sprint Mihok, Finn Wittrock, Rachel Blanchard, and Michael Braun.
Unusually, the twentieth Century Studios/New Regency movie was initially slated for a theatrical launch, however Disney pulled it from the calendar and is sending it straight to streaming as a substitute. Deadlinereported that the surprising name was a results of the latest underwhelming field workplace efficiency of non-franchise grownup fare, like Steven Spielberg’s West Aspect Story. Apparently, solely Marvel followers go to the films anymore, if Spider-Man: No Method House’s record-breaking theatrical run is any indication.
Deep Water premieres on Hulu on March 18. And the movie’s press tour ought to be… attention-grabbing.