Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in first trailer for creepy new sci-fi thriller

The actors play a married couple whose quiet life is threatened by the arrival of a stranger.

A first trailer has been unveiled for Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan starring sci-fi thriller Foe. Based on a novel by Iain Reid (I'm Thinking of Ending Things), the movie sees the Oscar nominated Irish actors play a married couple living on a secluded piece of land in the year 2065. However, the pair's quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre, Old) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in Foe Directed by Garth Davis (Lion), who also co-wrote the thriller alongside Reid, Foe's distributor Amazon Studios has promised that the film's "mesmerising imagery and persistent questions about the nature of humanity (and artificial humanity) bring the not-too-distant future to luminous life". Meanwhile, speaking to JOE last year, Ronan said about the project and working with Mescal:

"I would say to him all the time just how proud I was that the two of us, these two young Irish actors, were leading a movie and also, I thought there was something kind of cool about it not being a movie that was set in Ireland. "It wasn't about being Irish. We were just two actors that were chosen to lead this film together. I don't know how often that's actually happened. So, there's something very exciting about that."

@joedotie "We chatted to #SaoirseRonan about her new movie #SeeHowTheyRun, but we also looked forward to upcoming scary movie Foe, co-starring#PaulMescal #fyp ♬ original sound - JOE.ie

The movie will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, which kicks off next month, before getting an Irish cinema release on 20 October 2023. You can check out the first official trailer for Foe right here. Meanwhile, you can read a rundown of all of Mescal's upcoming movie projects at this link. Read more:

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