On Wednesday (Dec. 14), Sony Pictures Entertainment unveiled the action-packed trailer for 65. The two-minute clip shows Adam Driver returning to outer space as an astronaut, who crash lands on Earth as it was 65 million years ago.
According to the upcoming film’s logline, Mills (played by Driver) will undergo a series of challenges to make his way back to survival. “Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive,” the official description reads.
The film was written, directed, and produced by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, both known for their work on A Quiet Place. Executive producers also include Jason Cloth, Aaron L. Gilbert, Douglas C. Merrifield, and Suraj Maraboyina. During a virtual panel discussion at the 2020 Nightstream Film Festival, Woods and Beck opened up about the creations of 65.
“For us, [‘65’] was the project we wrote when ‘A Quiet Place’ came out and the studio decided it was going to be a franchise and sequel,” Woods explained, per The Knockturnal. “We wrote ‘A Quiet Place’ because we were tired of the sequels. The only movies that were being made were sequels and franchises and comic book movies. We wrote this movie in the wake of that.”
Beck added, “It’s one that’s been gestating in our heads for years and years.”
65 finished production in February 2021. However, the release date was pushed back several times over the last year. The film is expected to premiere in U.S. theaters on March 10, 2023.
