A new teaser trailer for the Adam Egypt Mortimer-directed horror film is here.
The new clip was dropped Sunday at San Diego Comic-Con. The film stars Patrick Schwarzenegger and Miles Robbins. Sasha Lane, Hannah Marks, and Mary Stuart Masterso round out the cast.
Daniel Isn’t Real centers on troubled college freshman Luke (Robbins), who suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel (Schwarzenegger) to help him cope.
The movie’s director tells Entertainment Weekly that even casting the film was “intense”. “Daniel himself had to be such an incredibly handsome and charismatic young man, who is also sinister and [the actor] had to pull off all the secrets and mysteries that are revealed about the character. Patrick was forged in the fires of incredible genetics and has personal confidence, and a technical awareness of the camera, that allowed him to be free and weird and sexy.”
He continued: “When I met with Miles Robbins, I had seen and loved him in Blockers, where he was hilarious and warm and crackling with life — something that was super important to me for this character. He brought to our meeting so many great ideas about the themes of modern masculinity and had such a deep understanding of what this movie is all about. He then proceeded to audition for both characters and completely smash it. He is an empathy machine, the moment you see him on-screen you are in love with him.”
Daniel Isn’t Real hits theaters December 6.
Watch the teaser trailer below!
