The Apocalypse Is Coming for World Politicians in Rumors’ Wild New Trailer

The G7 summit has never looked like this—but maybe it should. RumorsThe leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US gather for one of their big meetings, but instead of a typical luxury resort hotel, they find their wine-sipping conversation turns into a night that leaves them stranded deep in the woods…”swamp bodies“more frightening than any terrorist or political protester. Also, the world may be ending. Also, a giant brain?

Check out the new trailer for the dark comedy RumorsWhich stars? Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikanderand the very English Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) One way to tell if this movie is trying to make fun of you is that the US has a British president.

Here’s the official synopsis: “Jumping between comedy, post-apocalyptic horror, and heartwarming soap opera, Rumors “It follows the leaders of seven of the world’s richest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft an interim declaration on a global crisis. Featuring unexpected, raucous performances from a superb cast including Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance, these would-be leaders become spectacles of inadequacy as they struggle against increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they suddenly find themselves alone. A cross-genre satire of political incompetence, the latest from the incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a world on a slow burn.”

Alongside Blanchett (who plays the German leader), Dance (the US President) and Vikander (the Swedish secretary general of the European Commission), Rumors‘ The cast includes Roy Dupuis (Canada), Denis Ménochet (France), Nikka Amuka-Bird (UK), Rolando Ravello (Italy) and Takehiro Hira (Japan).

Rumors In theaters October 18th.

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