In myth, unicorns are beautiful, majestic creatures — pure, right, and true — but in the new A24 film, a unicorn will come for your life if you cross it.
And cross one Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega do in the trailer for Death of a Unicorn.
According to the film’s logline, father-daughter duo Elliot (Rudd) and Riley (Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat hosted by Elliot’s billionaire boss Dell Leopold (Richard E. Grant), his wife (Téa Leoni), and son (Will Poulter). Anthony Carrigan and Sunita Mani round out the rest of the cast.
It seems the horn of a unicorn can cure cancer, which automatically means that Elliot’s boss, who is a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO, will definitely exploit the hell out of it. But this little unicorn apparently has family, as there’s one on a rampage and it is murderous and terrifying.
“Dad, please just listen to me: We need to give the little one back,” Riley pleads in the trailer. “Bad things will happen.”
‘Death of a Unicorn’ poster. A24
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The dark comedy is the directorial debut from Alex Scharfma, and is produced by Ari Aster, with music composed by the legendary John Carpenter. Though there’s no exact date yet, Death of a Unicorn is set to release in spring 2025.
Check out the trailer below.
Between now and next spring, A24 has plenty on offer, including Y2K, directed and co-written by SNL‘s Kyle Mooney, which is currently in theaters. Nicole Kidman‘s generating Oscar buzz yet again with her turn in Babygirl by Bodies Bodies Bodies filmmaker Halina Reijn, out Dec. 20. The critically-acclaimed On Becoming a Guinea Fowl won Rungano Nyoni the Best Director prize at Cannes and hits U.S. theaters in May 2025. And Dwayne Johnson flexes his acting muscles on top of his real ones in Benny Safdie‘s The Smashing Machine based on the life of UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
As for Rudd, he just wrapped up a guest starring run on Only Murders in the Building, while Ortega fans can look forward to the second season of Wednesday premiering next year.
