Ben Affleck's 'Hypnotic' Release Date Set for May 12

Fresh off a surprise “work in progress” screening at SXSW, director Robert Rodriguez’s action-thriller Hypnotic, starring Ben Affleck, has been set for a May 12 US release. 

Rodriguez's Hypnotic, began as a screenplay in 2002 when he once called it one of his favorite stories.

Affleck plays Daniel Rourke, a hardened, compulsive, get-to-the-root kind of detective who loses his daughter in the blink of an eye (quite literally) under mysterious circumstances. 

While searching for his daughter, he finds clues that lead him to the secret world of psychics, who have special powers to influence the world around them. 

Hypnotic plays on the conspiracy theory that psychics are real and influence the world in ways that make reality seem unreal. 

Rourke begins to unfold the layers of mystery surrounding the so-called "Hypnotics"- the name given to the psychics in the movie for their mind-bending powers.

He finds himself plummeting down to the bottom of the rabbit hole, at the end of which lies the answer to his daughter's disappearance. 

The work on Rodriguez's Hypnotic is still underway, i.e., several scenes need reshoots and refining. The trailer of the movie has not come out yet.