Last Night in Soho Poster Teases Time-Traveling Murder Mystery
The new official poster for Edgar Wright's upcoming Last Night in Soho teases a neon-soaked, time-travel murder mystery. Although it premiered at the Venice International Film Festival at the beginning of September, Last Night in Soho has yet to be released to general audiences. Best known for satirical genre films like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and for the inventively fun Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho appears to mark British director Edgar Wright's first foray into truer horror territory.
The film, which seems absent of Wright's distinctive brand of humor, tells the story of Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie), an aspiring fashion designer who mysteriously time-travels to the 1960s. Once there, she finds herself in the body of an aspiring singer named Sandy (Anya Taylor-Joy). Although taken by the glitz and glamor of it all, it isn't long before both past and present begin to crumble, exposing Eloise to something far darker. The film has been described as a genre-bending psychological horror and, judging from the trailers, features a dark and eerie atmosphere unlike anything Wright has done before.
While many details about the film's plot are still being kept under wraps, a new poster shared by the official Last Night in Soho Twitter page has shed more light on what audiences can expect when they do finally get to see the film. The poster, which is bathed in red and blue neon to highlight the duality of the film's two time periods, features Eloise, Sandy, and the mysterious Jack (Matt Smith). The poster also teases that the story will revolve around a murder mystery of sorts, with the text at the bottom reading, "A murder in the past. A mystery in the future." Check out the poster below:
Also featured in the poster are actors Terence Stamp and Michael Ajao, whose roles are currently unknown. As revealed in the latest trailer for the film, the "murder in the past" the poster references is that of Taylor-Joy's Sandy. It would seem that Sandy's murder will have repercussions in her own time period in the 1960s, but will reverberate to affect Eloise's present as well.
Thankfully, many of the film's plot details are still hidden, meaning audiences will get to come in relatively fresh when seeing Last Night in Soho for the first time. Considering murder mysteries generally feature a number of unexpected twists and turns, Soho feels like a film that will be more entertaining for viewers who know little about it. The film, in addition to being written by Wright, was also written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who is best known for penning Sam Mendes' World War I Oscar-winner, 1917. With strong talent both in front of and behind the camera, Last Night in Soho seems poised to surprise, thrill, and (hopefully) terrify audiences when it releases next month.
Source: Last Night in Soho/ Twitter