MAGNOLIA’S GENRE ARM, MAGNET RELEASING, DEBUTS TRAILER AND POSTER FOR DEV PATEL SUNDANCE THRILLER ‘RABBIT TRAP’, IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 12
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has debuted the trailer and poster for RABBIT TRAP, the feature film directorial debut of Bryn Chainey. Produced by Elijah Wood’s Spectrevision, the thriller world premiered in the midnight section at Sundance and follows a sound engineer (Dev Patel) and his experimental musician wife (Rosy McEwen) who capture a forbidden sound not meant for human ears while making field recordings in the ancient Welsh woodlands. This brings a strange child (Jade Croot) to their doorstep who draws them into an enigmatic realm where the line between reality and myth begins to blur. Magnet has U.S. rights to the film and will release theatrically on September 12th.
Darcy (Patel) and Daphne (McEwen) Davenport are freshly decamped from London and taking up residence in an isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside in search of creative renewal and acoustic inspiration. When the couple set about exploring their new environs, recording instruments in tow, Darcy stumbles upon a “faerie circle” that emits a strange, unidentifiable frequency; this odd discovery is followed closely by the appearance of an otherworldly child (Croot) who claims to live nearby and is eager to befriend the Davenports. Soon the child becomes a fixture in their household, alternately ingratiating himself and raising suspicions, and exposing unacknowledged rifts and unexamined secrets that threaten to wreak psychological and spiritual havoc in the lives of his makeshift adoptive parents.
“It’s a quiet miracle that this film exists: an earthy, sound-driven psychological thriller that takes its cues from Celtic folklore and bends genre expectations,” said Chainey. “It took a very special band of misfits to drag this mad dream into being, and I’m so grateful for Magnolia now joining the gang. Their faith in such a unique film is hugely encouraging, not just for me but any filmmaker taking the path less traveled.”
Directed and written by Bryn Chainey, RABBIT TRAP is produced by Lawrence Inglee, Daniel Noah, Elijah Wood, Elisa Lleras, Alex Ashworth, Sean Marley, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz. Executive producers are Nadia Khamlichi, Nessa McGill, Sierra Garcia, Steven Demmler, Stephen Kelliher, Sophie Green, Benjamin Kramer, Joseph Cavalier, Kyle Stroud, Tom Ogden, Dan Hubbard.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia SVP of Acquisitions John Von Thaden, with CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.
Written and Directed by Bryn Chainey
Starring Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
88 minutes
