Dakota Fanning is headlining a scary new thriller, and the film’s first trailer is giving us goosebumps.
The 30-year-old actress, who continues to receive birthday presents from her War of the Worlds co-star Tom Cruise, takes on the role of Mina, an artist in Ireland whose road trip ends when her car stalls in a lush forest.
After calling for help, a terrifying roar is heard, disturbing the wildlife, which runs away in fear.
A door in the trees mysteriously opens and a woman tells her, “You have five seconds before the door is sealed.”
Mina rushes over and she and her pet bird soon find themselves in some sort of laboratory with some other prisoners, being watched by aliens.
Dakota Fanning, 30, is headlining a scary new thriller, The Watchers, and the film’s first trailer is sending chills
She learns from fellow prisoner Ciara, played by Georgina Campbell, that their captors are watching them through “a window on the other side.” They come every evening.’
“And they’re watching us,” adds Olwen Fouéré’s Madeline about the mysterious aliens none of them have seen.
Mina is determined to break free and looks for ways to escape.
“They let us live because we follow their rules, and you’ve broken too many of them,” Madeline warns.
The Watchers is the big-screen directorial debut of Ishana Shyamalan, 22, the daughter of Oscar nominee M. Night Shyamalan, 53.
The elder Shyamalan serves as a producer on the project.
Ishana wrote the script for the film, based on AM Shine’s novel of the same name.
She has experience behind the camera working on the Apple TV+ series Servant as a writer, producer and director.
Fanning stars as Mina, an artist in Ireland whose road trip ends when her car stalls in a lush forest.
Mina is soon locked up in a sort of laboratory with a number of other prisoners, who are being watched through a window by aliens. They come every night,” warns Georgina Campbell’s Ciara
Mina is determined to escape, even if the kidnappers let us live because we follow their rules. The Watchers is scheduled to hit theaters on June 6
Fanning can currently be seen in another thriller, Ripley, on Netflix.
Emmy winner Andrew Scott, 47, stars as the title character in the black-and-white series based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith.
Ripley has an 82 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Watchers is scheduled to hit theaters on June 6.