Focus Features has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming dark comedy thriller Promising Young Woman. The film marks the feature directorial debut for Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve), and sees Carey Mulligan leading the cast as Cassie, a woman who seeks revenge for those responsible for a traumatic event in her past which derailed her life; take a look here…
Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman… until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.
Joining Mulligan in the cast of Promising Young Woman are Laverne Cox, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chris Lowell, Sam Richardson, Molly Shannon and Clancy Brown.
Promising Young Woman is set for release on December 25th.