Netflix has released the first official trailer for its upcoming epic fantasy movie, Damsel, during its Geeked Week 2023 virtual event. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown leads the movie with performances from Robin Wright (House of Cards) and Angela Bassett (Black Panther franchise).
In the movie, Brown plays the young Princess Elodie, who has been tasked with being wed in an arranged marriage. Fortunately for her, Elodie's future husband seemed like a decent man. After moving to a new home, she finds out that her Prince Charming is anything but, and that he and his family have taken her there for deadly purposes. Owing a huge debt to an ancient dragon, the new relatives of Elodie plan on sacrificing her to the giant reptile as a form of payment. Thrown into the pit, she will need to fight to survive. In the trailer, she's seen venturing her way around the darkened maze while trying to avoid the dragon's fiery rage. Queen Isabelle (Wright) spells out the young woman's task of being a sacrifice.
Watch the trailer for Damsel below:
Who are the cast and creative team of Damsel?
Other than Brown, it's already revealed that Wright is playing Queen Isabelle and Basset as Lady Bradford. Along with them, the rest of the film's cast includes Nick Robinson (Jurassic World) as Elodie's betrothed Prince Henry, Brooke Carter (The Peripheral) as Prince Henry's younger sister, Ray Winstone (The Departed) as the King, and Ricky Guillart (Dear Earth) as Sir Oded. Joining them are Sonya Nisa (Red Rose), Elmano Sancho (Filha da Lei), Saif Mohsen (They Cloned Tyrone), Sam Sharma (Operation Cobra), Erickson Santos Gomes (Quer o Destino), and Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse).
As for the creative team: Damsel is helmed by 28 Weeks Later director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo while the script is written by Dan Mazeau (Fast X), who's also serving as executive producer alongside Brown, Sue Baden-Powell (Alpha), Robert Brown (Hell’s Kitchen), and Mark Bomback (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes).
Damsel is scheduled to release in 2024.
