‘Morgan’ Trailer: Kate Mara Meets A Synthetic Child Prodigy All Grown Up
Last yearRidley Scottdelivered the crowd-pleasing sci-fi survival dramaThe Martian, and now he’s busy shootingAlien: Covenant, the first film in what is supposed to be a new trilogy that will lead up to the events of the originalAlienfrom 1979. But before that, Scott had time to produce a promising new sci-fi thriller directed by his sonLuke Scott.
The film is calledMorgan, and the first teaser trailer just debuted with some flares ofAlien, Ex MachinaandFirestarter. Plus, it’s a pure teaser that doesn’t give much away, which makes it all the move intriguing. Watch theMorgantrailer after the jump.
Here’s theMorgantrailer from 20th Century Fox:
Kate Marastars in the film as a woman sent to check out a remote location where a rapidly developing, synthetic girl named Morgan may start to pose a danger to the scientists who created her. The title character is played byAnya Taylor-Joy, the breakout young star from this year’s acclaimed indie horror filmThe Witch.
The rest of the cast is even more impressive withPaul Giamatti, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Yeoh, Toby Jones, Boyd HolbrookandRose Lesliealso appearing in the film that has a script fromSeth W. Owen, onewhich made the Black List back in 2014.
Luke Scott is making his feature directorial debut on the project, and he discussed the film withEntertainment Weeklyahead of the trailer’s release this week:
“WhatMorganreally alludes to is human beings becoming, in a sense, the creator. Not in a traditional religious sense, but an idea that we have the capabilities to become our own creator. And what I suspect could happen — we’ve seen it in all these movies, whether it’sFrankensteinorMetropolis— it’s the creation of a being that is greater than the creator.”
Considering the path that the Alien franchise is on right now to discover who created human life, it sounds like the father and son duo of Ridley and Luke Scott have similar interests in the realm of sci-fi. Here’s hoping Luke is just beginning a promising career like his father’s.
