NEW LIFE Trailer 2 (2024) Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Thriller

NEW LIFE Trailer 2 (2024) Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Thriller

NEW LIFE Trailer 2 (2024) Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Thriller
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"What we need now is for you to put an end to this…" Brainstorm Media has unveiled an official trailer for an indie apocalyptic survival thriller made in Canada titled New Life, marking the debut of filmmaker John Rosman. This premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival up in Montreal last year, and is set for a US release on VOD starting in May. A mysterious woman on the run (starring HayleyErin as Jess), and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions. Soon it spirals toward a harrowing confrontation between the two women. She's on the run some kind of disease, but is there really a disease? Or something else. Also starring Sonya Walger and Tony Amendola. Reviews from last year say: "This piece of deeply moving, bittersweet, and terrifying horror filmmaking will embed itself in your heart like a sliver of glass… Go in with an open mind and get ready for your jaw to drop." That's a kicker that should make anyone curious about wanting to see this film.

Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for John Rosman's film New Life, direct from Brainstorm's YouTube:

New Life Film Poster

Jess is a woman on the run, desperate to cross the Canadian border to escape her past. On her tail is Elsa, a resourceful agent, whose recent life-altering diagnosis leaves her one step behind Jess. As their chase narrows to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, holes in Elsa's investigation begin to fill with fresh bodies. Soon the pursuit spirals toward its harrowing confrontation between the two women, in search of meaning and redemption, on the razor’s edge of catastrophe. New Life is written and directed by newcomer Canadian filmmaker John Rosman, making his feature directorial debut with this project. Produced by T. Justin Ross and Mike Marchlewski. This initially premiered at the 2023 Montreal Fantasia Film Festival and at FrightFest last year. Brainstorm Media will debut John Rosman's New Life film in select US theaters + on VOD starting on May 3rd, 2024 coming soon this summer movie season. Look any good? Want to watch?

Brainstorm Media shared the trailer for New Life, the horror thriller starring Hayley Erin as a mysterious woman on the run, and Sonya Walger as the fixer assigned to bring her in.

Also starring in the film are Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin and Tony Amendola.

Release Date
Directed by John Rosman, making his feature film directorial debut, New Life world premiered at the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival, then stopped at FrightFest London, Overlook Film Festival, Panic Fest, Florida Film Festival, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, and the Heartland International Film Festival, where it took the 2023 Audience Choice Award; and opens in theaters and on demand on May 3, 2024.

Synopsis
A mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions.

The film is written and directed by Rosman, who pulled from his documentary background by recalling a story he worked on about a young woman diagnosed with ALS (Summer Whisman, to whom the film is dedicated), which would heavily motivate the feature.

New Life is produced by T. Justin Ross, producer on Shudder’s record-breaking hit The Mortuary Collection and the Judy Greer-led Aporia, and Mike Marchlewski, and executive produced by David Lawson Jr., producer of the Independent Spirit-Award Nominated Sundance darling Something in the Dirt, critically acclaimed science fiction horror The Endless, and EP on the recent SXSW breakout Things Will Be Different. Sonya Walger (For All Mankind, Lost), Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, The Young and the Restless), and Tony Amendola (Annabelle, Curse of Llorona) star.

Reviews
Bloody Disgusting review gave the film 3 1/2 of 5 stars, wrote, “At its core, New Life is an existential drama centered around two different women at different stages of life, bound by a discomforting desperation to seize what final fleeting freedom they have left. Rosman leaves it up to Erin and Wagner to impart the depth of emotion, then incorporates horror and suspenseful thriller conventions to decimate emotionally. The abrupt shift from quiet drama to jarring horror comes late, by design, creating urgency as it raises relevant questions with no easy answers.”

Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for New Life
EXCLUSIVE: Sonya Walger (For All Mankind) has signed on to star alongside Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) and Tony Amendola (Annabelle) in the horror-thriller, New Life.

The film from writer-director John Rosman centers around a deadly cat and mouse game in the Pacific Northwest. Walger will play Elsa, a brilliant “fixer” assigned to capture a mysterious woman on the run. As the snare of the pursuit tightens, Elsa must fight her own secret battle with ALS to stay on top of the explosive case, before it reaches an apocalyptic endgame. Justin Ross (The Old Ways, The Mortuary Collection) and Mike Marchlewski are serving as the pic’s producers.

Walger is perhaps best known for her turn as astronaut Molly Cobb on the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind, which wrapped production on its third season late last year. She has also appeared in such series as Get Shorty, The Catch, Power, Parenthood, In Treatment, Lost and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, among others. Additional film credits include Clementine and Admission.

Walger also recently released the latest season of her podcast Bookish, in which guests such as William H. Macy and Damon Lindeloff discuss the five books most formative to their lives. She is represented by Gersh and Authentic Talent and Literary Management.

Brainstorm Media has unveiled the trailer for its upcoming apocalyptic survival thriller titled New Life. Hailing from The Mortuary Collection and Something in the Dirt producers, the John Rosman-directed film is set to arrive in theaters and On Demand on May 3.

New Life follows two different women with connecting stories. Jess, desperate to escape her past, is on the run trying to cross the Canadian border. Elsa, on the other hand, is a resourceful agent assigned to bring her in. As the two embark on a quest for redemption, things quickly turn into a terrifying confrontation in the midst of a disaster.

“A mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions,” the logline reads.

You can watch the trailer down below (watch more trailers):

Who’s involved in New Life?
The upcoming movie, produced by T. Justin Ross and Mike Marchlewski, serves as Rosman’s feature directorial debut. It stars Sonya Walger (For All Mankind), Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), and Tony Amendola (The Curse of La Llorona). David Lawson Jr. is the film’s executive producer.

In a statement (via BloodyDisgusting), Brainstorm Media CEO Michelle Shwarzstein expressed her excitement about the forthcoming genre-bending apocalyptic thriller.

“New Life is an impressive debut from John Rosman that will captivate audiences in unexpected ways. It is not often we see a film in the genre reveal such depth and complexity. We are honored and excited to present this very special film,” said Shwarzstein.

New Life hits theaters on May 3.