Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd make an unusual discovery in the trailer for the A24 movie Death of a Unicorn.
Writer-director Alex Scharfman’s feature is set to hit theaters in the spring. Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani and Jessica Hynes round out the cast.
Death of a Unicorn centers on a father (Rudd) and daughter (Ortega) who are headed to a weekend getaway with his billionaire boss (Grant) when the pair strike a unicorn with their car. Complications ensue when the boss realizes that the unicorn gives miraculous benefits.
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“I think we know exactly what it is,” Ortega says as the group gathers around the animal. “It’s a fucking unicorn.”
When Poulter’s character learns that the unicorn appears to help cure cancer, he replies, “Cancer? That’s the biggest one.”
Ortega later implores, “Dad, please just listen to me. We need to give the little one back, OK? Bad things will happen.”
Producers include Scharfman, Tyler Campellone, Tim Headington, Drew Houpt, Lucas Joaquin, Lars Knudsen and Theresa Steele Page. Among the executive producers are Ortega, Rudd and Ari Aster.
Scharfman’s previous credits include serving as producer on Amazon’s recent Ariana DeBose-led horror flick House of Spoils.
Ortega soon returns for the second season of the Netflix series Wednesday, which debuts next year. Her recent feature credits include Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Miller’s Girl and Scream VI.
Rudd has recently appeared in the movies Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and on the series Only Murders in the Building.
