Universal has released a new trailer forSplit, the latest film from writer/directorM. Night Shyamalanthat starsJames McAvoyin a truly transformative role. He plays Kevin, a man afflicted with 23 separate personalities who exist within his mind. His psychiatrist believes that one more entity lies buried beneath the others but is poised to emerge and subjugate the rest to its will. And when that happens, it’s hard telling just what Kevin will be capable of.
Bordering on giving too much of the story away, this trailer is a fantastic first watch for anyone coming into a Shyamalan picture cold. And it’s probably where you want to stop looking intoSplitand just lay low until the film’s debut early next year. If you really need to know more before it opens, you can check out our ownHaleigh Foutch’sreview of the film here.
Also starringAnya Taylor-Joy,Haley Lu Richardson,Betty Buckley,Kim Director,Brad William Henke, andJessica Sula,Splitopens on January 20th.
Check out the newSplittrailer and images below:
Here’s the official synopsis forSplit:
While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.
Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
