Austin Abrams gets swallowed by a Whale in New Whalefall trailer
Key takeaways
- Based on the 2023 novel of the same name, the film follows Jay Gardiner, played by Austin Abrams, a young diver who heads out into the waters off California’s central coast in search of what remains of his late father.
- It doesn’t take long for the trailer to explain the title either.
- He is pulled along helplessly, struggling to break free as the creature moves, before eventually ending up inside its mouth, staring into the dark passage of its throat with the squid still visible nearby.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize20th Century Studios has released the first teaser trailer for Whalefall, and it wastes very little time setting up its central premise, even if that means revealing one of the film’s most intense turning points right from the start.
Based on the 2023 novel of the same name, the film follows Jay Gardiner, played by Austin Abrams, a young diver who heads out into the waters off California’s central coast in search of what remains of his late father. What begins as a deeply personal dive quickly shifts into something far more nightmarish once he descends into open water.
It doesn’t take long for the trailer to explain the title either. While diving deep, Jay crosses paths with a massive sperm whale, a moment that initially feels like a rare close encounter with marine life before the tone sharply changes. The whale is seen rushing through the water in pursuit of a giant squid, and in the chaos, Jay’s diving gear becomes tangled in the animal’s mouth.