Hope Trailer Reveals the Sci-Fi Action Thriller
NEON has released the official trailer and poster for the South Korean sci-fi action film Hope, written and directed by Na Hong-jin. The film will open in theaters on September 9, 2026.
The Hope cast includes Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, and Cameron Britton, with Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender.
In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature wreaking havoc in the village.
In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung-ki (Zo In-sung), sets out to track the beast and finds itself hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, which, through human conflict, escalates into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
Following the global critical and commercial acclaim of his previous film, The Wailing (2016), an immersive experience exploring demonic possession, Na Hong-jin presents his fourth feature, the visionary sci-fi thriller Hope, an unparalleled cinematic thrill that keeps audiences riveted to the screen while leaving a powerful and lingering impact long after the credits roll.
Hope features relentless, high-intensity chase sequences and otherworldly creatures, and Na’s customary dark humor centering on rural villagers — including a chief of police, his gun-toting female sergeant, and a motley group of hunters — who find themselves invaded by different classes and species of an alien force that crash-lands in the forest outside the idyllic hamlet of Hope Harbor.
Hope emerges as Na’s biggest film yet, starring Hwang Jung-min (The Wailing) as the police chief Bum-seok; Hoyeon (Squid Game) as his colleague Sung-ae; and Zo In-sung (The King) as the hunter Sung-ki.
The alien visitors include Academy Award-nominated Michael Fassbender (Black Bag) as the alien protector Ma’veyyo; Academy Award-winning Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) as Queen J’aur; Taylor Russell (Bones and All) as her lady-in-waiting Ai’dovor; and Cameron Britton (Mindhunter) as the towering, ferocious, and seemingly unstoppable Va’migere.
