If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to discover that unicorns are real and kill one on the same day, the first trailer for death of a unicorn promises to show precisely that.
Unicorns, I’m sorry to say, are not real. We have many horned animals in the world, but horses are not one of them, even if existence would be much more capricious if they were. But imagine if you were driving somewhere minding your own business, when, whoops! You just crashed and killed a horse. Except it’s not a horse, it’s definitely a unicorn. And can unicorn bodies cure cancer too? That’s exactly what Death of a Unicorn, distributed by A24, is about, except, you know, the movie is also a horror movie in addition to being a black comedy, and there’s another unicorn out there who wants revenge on the other one. It’s a lot! And the first trailer, which you can watch below, looks like a lot of fun.
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The film stars Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) as father and daughter; the former takes the latter to a crisis management summit with his billionaire boss, played by Richard E. Grant. Said boss also discovers the unicorn, and in the process discovers that its body/horn can cure cancer, and as a rich person, he wants to get even richer from it. Rounding out the cast are some equally strong additions such as Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy 3), Tea Leoni (Bad Boys), Anthony Carrigan (Barry), Sunita Mani (Mr. Robot), Jessica Hynes (Shaun of the Dead), and Steve Park (The Venture Brothers).
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Death of a Unicorn doesn’t have an exact release date yet, but it will be released sometime in Spring 2025. Let’s hope it doesn’t suddenly turn out that unicorns are real and ruin the point of the movie a little in the meantime . !
