Intriguing First Trailer For James Franco's PRETENDERS

We have an interesting new trailer for you to check out from the film previously known as The Pretenders, now being released as Pretenders. The film is written by The Fault in Our Stars director — and New Mutants writer — Josh Boone, and directed by director and Golden Globe-winning actor James Franco, of The Disaster Artist.

The film follows the love triangle of a photographer, a director, and an actress. Here’s the synopsis:

Pretenders, life imitates deadly arts as a French New Wave obsessed film student, Terry, finds his muse in mysterious and beguiling actress, Catherine. Both Terry and his best friend, Phil, fall under the spell of this beautiful woman. But they soon realize that the more time they spend with her, the more enigmatic she becomes. After years of sex, betrayal, and collateral damage, the three end up in a dangerous situation that leaves one of them fighting for his life.

The roles are played by Jack Kilmer (The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Nice Guys), Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Dope), and Jane Levy (Castle Rock, What/If), with James Franco, Dennis Quaid (Innerspace, The Day After Tomorrow), Brian Cox (Troy, Succession), Juno Temple (Atonement, Maleficent), Antoni Porowski (Queer Eye), Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage, The Deuce), Tyler Alvarez (Orange Is the New Black, Veronica Mars), and Reema Sampat (Orange is the New Black).

Watch the trailer below and see Pretenders in theaters on September 27th.

Pretenders, life imitates deadly arts as a French New Wave obsessed film student, Terry, finds his muse in mysterious and beguiling actress, Catherine. Both Terry and his best friend, Phil, fall under the spell of this beautiful woman. But they soon realize that the more time they spend with her, the more enigmatic she becomes.