“After the Hunt,” a thriller directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri, will land in theaters this fall.
Amazon MGM is granting the movie a prime awards season release date, with a limited rollout on October 10 before expanding on October 17.
“After the Hunt” will open nationwide on the same date as Blumhouse’s thriller “The Black Phone 2” with Ethan Hawke and Lionsgate’s R-rated comedy “Good Fortune,” starring Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen.
Described as a “gripping psychological drama,” the film follows Roberts as a college professor who “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Garfield),” according to the official logline. As she navigates the difficult situation, “a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.”
Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny round out the cast.
“After the Hunt” reunites Guadagnino, the Oscar-nominated “Call Me by Your Name” filmmaker, with the studio behind his sexy tennis drama “Challengers,” cannibal love story “Bones and All” and “Suspiria” remake.
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett wrote the script for “After the Hunt” and will executive produce with Karen Lunder for Imagine Entertainment, as well as Justin Wilkes and Alice Dawson.
Imagine Entertainment executives Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing the movie with Jeb Brody and Guadagnino on behalf of his company Frenesy.
Besides “After the Hunt,” Amazon MGM’s 2025 theatrical slate includes Ben Affleck’s “The Accountant 2” and Jason Statham and David Ayer’s “A Working Man.”