Aviron Pictures has released a new trailer for the upcoming thrillerSerenity. The film was written and directed bySteven Knight, the creator ofPeaky BlindersandTabooand the director of the terrific 2013 filmLocke. In this new film,Matthew McConaugheyplays a fishing boat captain whose quiet life is upended when his ex-wife tracks him down and asks him to kill her current husband.
It’s a bit strange that a new mystery thriller starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and Oscar winnerAnne Hathaway, from the Oscar-nominated writer ofEastern Promises, is getting unceremoniously dumped in January, but here we are. That doesn’t necessarily bode well for its quality, but I can’t help but be intrigued by this new trailer. The film looks like something of a cross betweenThe BeachandLOST, with a murder mystery twist—assuming this trailer is telling the truth, of course.
Check out the newSerenitytrailer below. The film also starsJason Clarke,Djimon Hounsou,Jeremy Strong, andDiane Lane.Serenityopens in theaters on August 02, 2025.
Here’s the official synopsis forSerenity:
From the creative mind of Oscar nominee Steven Knight comes a daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller. Baker Dill (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen’s appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he’d tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.
