Swiftly following the release of first-look images for Elisabeth Moss' gender-swapped The Invisible Man remake, a trailer has landed online a month earlier than we predicted!
Invisible Man is part of the Dark Universe, an MCU-style shared universe replete with Universal Studios' most dastardly monsters.
The movie is based on the 1897 novel by HG Wells, and was previously adapted for the silver screen in 1933. This time however, the lead will be played by the Handmaid's Tale star, instead of Johnny Depp as initially rumoured.
The trailer gives us a bit more of a clue as to the story in this iteration, and how it differs from the source material (and 1933 version). In the 2020 version directed by Saw's Leigh Whannell, the film centres on a woman trying to prove she's being haunted by an invisible man.
Whennell told EW: "I wanted to kind of get away from that and make something that was really modern, really grounded, or as grounded as you can be when you're dealing with a film called The Invisible Man."
In the original, a man learns how to turn himself invisible, but when he can't become visible again, he turns to a life of crime before losing his sanity.
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The official movie synopsis reads: "Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge, Hidden Figures) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid).
"But when Cecilia's abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax.
"As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see."
The Invisible Man is out in cinemas on February 28, 2020.
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Gabriella Geisinger is a freelance film critic and journalist, with a focus on J-drama & film, and the Japanese production industry. She was previously Locations Editor at Screen International and Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy. Her writing can also befound in Curzon, 1883, and more. A born and raised New Yorker, she loves coffee and the colour black, obviously.
