We dare you not to get goosebumps with the arrival of the first official trailer for Zach Cregger’s Weapons. The Julia Garner and Josh Brolin-led fil
We dare you not to get goosebumps with the arrival of the first official trailer for Zach Cregger’s Weapons. The Julia Garner and Josh Brolin-led film has been giving us plenty to talk about as of tardy, and today we’re getting a longer look at the madness that’s set to unfold on our screens this August. Featuring supporting performances from Alden Ehreneich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Uncle Buck), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), the haunting teaser promises plenty of twists and turns from the Barbarian helmer’s second feature-length production.
There’s nothing not spooky about a kid in a horror movie which is why the trailer for Weapons will undoubtedly leave you covered in goosebumps from its very first moments. Straight from the mouth of a child, the plot of the film is set up, as they explain that a group of their peers disappeared in the night on a “normal” Wednesday. We watch kids file off school buses as our narrator explains that this particular day “was different,” before revealing that Mrs. Gandy’s (Garner) classroom was “totally empty” despite every other teacher’s rosters being full. Trouble immediately begins to brew at a meeting to address the disappearances, where Brolin’s concerned father raises his voice in upset. Put on leave, Mrs. Gandy is plagued by nightmares of the missing children, while haunting imagery of people on fire, car accidents, and black goo play out during the trailer’s remaining minutes.
The Bigger Story Behind ‘Weapons’
“This is where the story really starts” are the words that echo during the final seconds of the Weapons trailer. This sentiment is something that Cregger recently teased in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, revealing that by the end of the film, the missing children will be on the back burner when it comes to the terror that audiences will be subjected to.
“That mystery is going to propel you through at least half of the movie, but that is not the movie. The movie will fork and change and reinvent and go in new places. It doesn’t abandon that question, believe me, but that’s not the whole movie at all. By the midpoint, we’ve moved on to way crazier s— than that.”
Judging from what we saw today, Cregger is fully back in the saddle and ready to deliver something weirder, bigger, and more sinister than what we saw in 2022’s breakaway horror hit, Barbarian. And we couldn’t be more excited.
Check out the debut trailer for Weapons above.
Weapons
Release Date
August 8, 2025
Director
Zach Cregger
Writers
Zach Cregger
Producers
Richard Brener, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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