At long last, Netflix has released the trailer forMute, the new film fromMoonandSource CodefilmmakerDuncan Jones. The long-developing sci-fi pic starsAlexander Skarsgardas a man unable to speak who’s searching for his missing girlfriend in future Berlin. He crosses paths with a pair of U.S. Army surgeons, played byPaul RuddandJustin Theroux, who have an agenda all their own.
Jones has been wanting to makeMutefor a very long time, and he got his shot when Netflix agreed to finance the venture. The movie was actually shot back in the fall of 2016, and Netflix has been holding on to it for quite some time. Jones moved right intoMuteafter helming his first major studio foray,Warcraft, which disappointed at the box office but had unique vision in spades.
The cast here is terrific, and there’s a delightfully off-kilter tone that promisesMutewill be unlike most other sci-fi movies around. This is not your typicalBlade Runnerripoff (although the visuals are heavily inspired by thatRidley Scottclassic), and I can’t wait to see what the full film has in store. Moreover, Jones has saidMutetakes place in the same universe asMoonandSource Code, so I’m curious to see if any overt connections are made.
Check out theMutetrailer below. Written by Jones andMichael Robert Johnson, the film will be available only on Netflix on February 23rd.
Here’s the official synopsis forMute:
Berlin, the future, but close enough to feel familiar: In this loud, often brutal city, Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) - unable to speak from a childhood accident - searches for his missing girlfriend, the love of his life, his salvation, through dark streets, frenzied plazas, and the full spectrum of the cities shadow-dwellers. As he seeks answers, Leo finds himself mixed up with Cactus Bill (Paul Rudd) and Duck (Justin Theroux), a pair of irreverent US army surgeons on a mission all their own. This soulful sci-fi journey from filmmaker Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Warcraft) imagines a world of strange currencies in which echoes of love and humanity are still worth listening to.
