Between Rustin and now Saltburn, it seems today is the day to drop new trailers for films playing at this week’s Middleburg Film Festival, which kicks off tonight. Emerald Fennell’s follow-up up to her Oscar-winning film Promising Young Woman stars Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi (who can also be seen as Elvis in Priscilla) and is set on the sprawling estate of a wealthy, eccentric family.
Fennell wrote and directed the film, and also produces alongside Margot Robbie. The cast features Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Gran Turismo‘s Archie Madekwe, and Carey Mulligan who reunites with Fennell after Promising Young Woman.
Here’s the synopsis: Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell brings us a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Saltburn opens in select theaters on November 17th, with a wide release beginning November 22nd. Our review should arrive shortly.