Missing

Missing is a 2023 mystery thriller film written and directed by Nick Johnson and Will Merrick in their directorial debuts, from a story by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty. It is a standalone sequel to the 2018 film Searching. Missing had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023.

When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers...and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.

Starring Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Lisa Yamada, Megan Suri, Nia Long, Storm Reid, Thomas Barbusca, Tim Griffin, Tracy Vilar, and Zeke Alton.

Missing is set to debut in theaters January 20th, courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing. Watch the official trailer below.

The Son

The Son is a 2022 drama film directed by Florian Zeller (The Father) from a screenplay written by himself and Christopher Hampton. It is based on Zeller's 2018 stage play of the same name and serves as a prequel to 2020's The Father. The film stars Hugh Jackman (Prisoners, Logan), Laura Dern (Little Women, Marriage Story), Vanessa Kirby (About Time, Mission: Impossible - Fallout), Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, The Father).

A couple of years after his parents’ divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas (McGrath) no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate (Dern). He moves in with his father Peter (Jackman) and Peter’s new partner Beth (Kirby). Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father (Hopkins) had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.

The Son had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2022, and was released for a limited one-week theatrical run in New York City and Los Angeles on November 25, 2022, before a wide release in the United States on January 20, 2023, by Sony Pictures Classics. Check out the official trailer below.