Beast

Beast is a 2022 survival thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, based on a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan. Kormákur is no stranger to hard-hitting films, previously directing the survival thriller Everest (2015), as well as the action thriller 2 Guns (2013) starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. On the writing side, Engle previously penned the screenplays for Non-Stop (2014), as well as three action thrillers in 2018, including The Commuter, Rampage, and Breaking In.

A recently widowed husband returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with his two young daughters to a game reserve managed by an old family friend and fellow wildlife biologist. Soon a ferocious, man-hunting lion begins attacking them and devouring anyone in its path.

The film stars Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Riley Keough.

Beast is scheduled to be released in theaters on August 19th, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

Bad Sisters

Bad Sisters (originally titled Emerald) is a dark comedy thriller series created by Sharon Horgan. Set between London and Dublin, it is based on the Flemish series Clan, which was created by Malin-Sarah Gozin.

The Garvey sisters are bound together by the premature deaths of their parents and the promises they made to always protect one another.

The series stars Sharon Horgan, alongside Anne-Marie Duff (Suffragette, The Salisbury Poisonings), Eva Birthistle (Brooklyn, The Last Kingdom), Sarah Greene (Frank of Ireland, Dublin Murders) and Eve Hewson (Behind her Eyes, The Luminaries) as the Garvey sisters.

Song: "Raise Hell" by Brandi Carlile

Bad Sisters premieres August 19th on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Orphan: First Kill

Orphan: First Kill (originally titled Ester) is a 2022 psychological horror film directed by William Brent Bell, from a screenplay by David Coggeshall, and a story by exec. producer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and producer Alex Mace (who wrote the screenplay and story for the previous film). The film is a prequel to the 2009 film Orphan and stars Isabelle Fuhrman reprising her role from the previous film, with Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, and Matthew Finlan also starring.

The film is a prequel to the 2009 film Orphan and stars Isabelle Fuhrman reprising her role from the previous film, with Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, and Matthew Finlan also starring.

Orphan: First Kill is set to debut on the Paramount+ streaming service while also hitting select theaters on August 19th. Watch the official trailer below.