Netflix has unveiled the first full-length trailer for the upcoming feature filmBright. Directed byDavid Ayer(Suicide Squad) and scripted byMax Landis(American Ultra), the film blends the realms of fantasy and cop drama and takes place in a world where humans live and work alongside orcs and elves.Will Smithplays a human cop forced to team up with an orc (Joel Edgerton), the first of his kind to join the force.
The first half of this trailer plays like the most obvious metaphor about race ever as Smith’s character talks about how there are different races (orcs, humans, faeries, etc.) but that doesn’t make anyone better than anyone else. He’s also saddled with a “diversity hire”, his orc partner. But then the trailer throws that stuff out the window so everyone can indulge in a macguffin relating to a magic wand leading to stellar dialogue like “It’s like a nuclear weapon that grants wishes.” Just really, top-notch stuff. Definitely worth the exorbitant price Netflix paid to see if people would stay home to watch a new blockbuster.
Watch the newBrighttrailer below and look for our full recap of the film’s Comic-Con panel on Collider soon. The movie also starsNoomi Rapace,Lucy Fry,Edgar Ramirez,Ike Barinholtz,Enrique Murciano,Jay Hernandez,Andrea Navedo,Veronica Ngo,Alex Meraz,Margaret Cho,Brad William Henke,Dawn Olivieri, andKenneth Choi.Brightwill be available on Netflix on December 22nd.
Here’s the official synopsis forBright:
Set in an alternate present-day where humans, orcs, elves and fairies have been coexisting since the beginning of time, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds. Ward, a human (Will Smith), and Jakoby, an orc (Joel Edgerton), embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a young female elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.
