The trailer for The Legend of Ochi has arrived. The upcoming A24 movie is a whimsical fantasy adventure following a young girl who grew up in an island community that is afraid of monsters known as Ochi. However, when she bonds with a baby Ochi, she vows to return it to his family, against the wishes of her monster hunter father and the terrified public. The cast of the film, which was written and directed by Isaiah Saxon in his feature-length debut, includes Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson and Finn Wolfhard.
A24 Has now Unveiled the official trailer for the upcoming fantasy adventure movie The Legend of Ochi. The trailer begins by introducing the fictional island in the Black Sea where the film takes place, to emphasize the intensity of the hatred that the father of the young girl (Dafoe) shows against the creatures that plague the island.
However, she finds a way to communicate with the baby Ochi by putting on false fangs that mimic its species and thus embarks on an adventure that puts her at odds with everyone around her, as shown by A sequence where Ochi is spotted in her backpack at a grocery storecausing a general panic. Check out the trailer below:
What the Legend of Ochi trailer means
A24 continues to push the envelope
While A24 horror movies such as The witch, Hereditary, PearlAnd Talk to me Tend to be the company’s most prominent releases, the trailer for The Legend of Ochi reveals that they are Continue to push the envelope in terms of the scope and genre of their releases. The independent studio typically focuses on low-budget titles, but recently they released their most expensive movie yet, the $50 million dystopian movie Civil war.
Although A24 has dabbled in fantasy movies before, they’ve typically been smaller-scale, high-concept productions such as the Nicolas Cage comedy Dream scenario Or the Daniels’ offbeat debut Swiss army man. The Legend of Ochi seems to be More epic than anything they’ve tried before in this genreIncluding David Lowery’s Arthurian tale The Green Knight.
Our take on the Legend of Ochi trailer
It’s still firmly an A24 movie
While The Legend of Ochi A big step forward for A24, it still features many recognizable elements from their typical output. This includes the focus on small-scale, human-level stakes in the story, the whimsical nature of the world it creates, and the presence of Willem Dafoe, who has collaborated with the studio several times on projects including the Sean Baker drama. The Florida Project And the Robert Eggers horror movie The lighthouse.
Source: A24