‘Into The Forest’ Trailer: Can Ellen Page And Evan Rachel Wood Survive The End Of Humanity?
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Ellen Pagehas already faced the end of the world as we know it as a mutant in bothX-Men: The Last StandandX-Men: Days of Future Past. Now she andEvan Rachel Woodwill have to deal with humanity turning on itself in the isolated, quiet apocalyptic thrillerInto the Forest.
The film from directorPatricia Rozemapremiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and now it’s coming to theaters and VOD this summer. For all the apocalyptic thrillers that are out there, this one takes a more isolated, intimate approach to the idea of humanity falling apart in the wake of power outages, gas and food shortages and sheer desperation to survive.
Watch theInto the Foresttrailer after the jump.
Based onJean Hegland’s book of the same name, the story is said to be reminiscent of the Margaret Atwood’s classicA Handmaid’s Tale. Nell and Eva, two sisters, are forced to grow up pretty fast and figure out how to survive in nature when society crumbles around them and they’re left to survive by the limited means at their disposal.
The trailer tries to beef up the suspense and tension, but it’s clear that this is going to be one of those slow burning dramas. However, what appears to make it so captivating is the grounded nature of the film and just how plausible this story could be. It just might provoke us to wonder how we would survive if this kind of world-altering event happened tomorrow.
In addition to Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood, the rest of the cast includesMax Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, andWendy Crewson.Into the Foresthits DirecTV onJune 23and opens in theaters onJuly 29.
