Nightmare Alley Final Trailer & New Posters Pull Us Into Guillermo Del Toro’s Grift

Searchlight
Pictures
has
just
released
the
final
trailer
for
Guillermo
del
Toro’s
thriller
remake



Nightmare
Alley.
They’ve
also
acquainted
us
with
the
players
in
the
haunting
new
posters.
Can
our
wiley
Stanton
Carlisle
triumph
in
his
ultimate
grift
to
gain
the
riches
of
the
society
elites?
Who
can
be
counted
on
as
friend
or
foe?
Let’s
find
out.

The
official
synopsis
reads, “When
charismatic
but
down-on-his-luck
Stanton
Carlisle
(Bradley
Cooper)
endears
himself
to
clairvoyant
Zeena
(Toni
Collette)
and
her
has-been
mentalist
husband
Pete
(David
Strathairn)
at
a
traveling
carnival,
he

crafts
a
golden
ticket
to
success,
using
this
newly
acquired
knowledge
to
grift
the
wealthy
elite
of
1940s
New
York
society.
With
the
virtuous
Molly
(Rooney
Mara)
loyally
by
his
side,
Stanton
plots
to
con
a
dangerous
tycoon
(Richard
Jenkins)
with
the
aid
of
a
mysterious
psychiatrist
(Cate
Blanchett)
who
might
be
his
most
formidable
opponent
yet.”

Guillermo
del
Toro
and
Kim
Morgan
penned
the

Nightmare
Alley
screenplay
directed
by
del
Toro.
The
ensemble
cast
includes
stars
&#8203&#8203Bradley
Cooper,
Cate
Blanchett,
Toni
Collette,
Willem
Dafoe,
Richard
Jenkins,
Rooney
Mara,
Ron
Perlman,
David
Strathairn,
Mary
Steenburgen,
Tim
Blake
Nelson
and
Jim
Beaver.

Speaking
at
the
Tribeca
Film
Festival,
of
shooting
the
film
during
the
pandemic,
Bradley
Cooper
explained
they
had
to
make
changes
to
accommodate
for
the
delays. “We
shot
the
second
half
before
the
first
half.
We
didn’t
want
to
do
it
that
way.
Things
happened
to
us,
with
sets
and
other
actors’
availability
and
water,
the
snow
and
all
that.
I
was
the
cause.
I
had
moved
to
New
York
and
said, ‘I
can’t
do
it
right
now.
Let
me
get
settled.'”

“It
was
a
blessing,”
director
Guillermo
del
Toro
said
at
the
time. “I
believe
wholeheartedly
life
gives
you
what
you
need,
not
what
you
want.
You
have
a
window
to
look
at
everything.
It
was
incredible.
We
got
to
see
these
characters,
when
[Cooper’s
Stanton
Carlisle]
was
full
of
himself
and
arrogant
and
certain
and
seeking.
We
were
able
to
go
back
six
months
in
between
all
this
and
were
able
to
analyze
and
see
not
only
that
character
but
what
we
needed
to
rewrite
to
be
able
to
go
back
to
a
set.
If
your
pores
are
open,
the
movie
finds
you.
Each
movie
tells
you
what
it
needs.”

While
the
original
film,
released
in
1947,
was
a
thriller,
it
clearly
doesn’t
have
the
creative
freedoms
utilized
in
contemporary
films.
What
did
lend
a
hand
in

creating
such
an
unsettling
film
for
the
audience
of
its
time,
was
the
casting.
Tyrone
Power
was,
in
his
time,
not
considered
by
any
stretch,
as
a
villain.
He
populated
films
as
the
traditional
romantic
lead,
as
the
trustworthy
hero.
In
a
bid
to
broaden
his
casting
choices,
he
requested
that
20th
Century
Fox
acquire
the
rights
to
the
novel,
enabling
him
to
play
the
villain.
Watching
their
jocular
leading
man
in
a
role
in
a
movie
that
was
considered
scandalous
and
banned
in
many
places,
shook
up
the
audience’s
expectations
from
the
actor.
It’s
now
considered
to
be
one
of
the
best
films
of
its
genre.
Here’s
the
trailer,
if
you
want
to
give
it
a
taste.

Guillermo
del
Toro’s

Nightmare
Alley
will
hit
theaters
December
17.