Presence, the upcoming film from director Steven Soderbergh, is set to premiere in theaters in mere weeks, and we have a new trailer to celebrate the occasion.
Like the trailers before it, this one doesn’t give away too much about the plot. The vibes, however, are strong, thanks to the musical score and unsettling camera moves as we see the family inside the house from the Presence’s point of view.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
It’s there before the family even moves in. It witnesses the family’s most intimate uncomfortable moments. It navigates the family’s new house at supernatural speed. It pays unusual attention to Chloe, the teenage girl who’s neither her mother’s nor her brother’s favorite. It wants—no, it needs—something. And as time goes on, the presence pieces together how it might accomplish its goal.
The idea of having the movie shot from the point of view of a supernatural force was there from the get-go. In the press notes for the film, writer David Koepp, who has worked with Soderbergh before on 2022’s Kimi, called the conceit, “Mostly liberating. And a little challenging.”
Koepp added, “Steven had intimated that the character for the POV could be skittish. It’s a little fearful—hides in the closet a lot. Using those cues, I viewed it as a child. I tried to write it the way a small child is a little fearful, and also curious. You are writing a character, but don’t see that character.”
The characters we do see are eerily played by Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, and Julia Fox.
Presence is distributed by Neon and will premiere in theaters on January 24, 2025.
Check out the trailer below.
