Aviron Films has released the second trailer for the upcoming thrillerKidnap, starringHalle Berry, before it hits theaters this summer. Unlike most mothers who go to the police right away, Halle Berry’s Karla Dyson takes matters into her own hands and chases down these kidnappers herself. What she lacks in any sort of training, or “special skills” a laTaken, Karla makes up for with pure determination and an unrelenting drive, as you can see in this trailer.
A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson (Academy Award winnerHalle Berry) when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. A relentless, edge-of-your seat chase ensues, where Karla must risk everything to not lose sight of her son. In this tense, action-fueled thriller, directed byLuis Prietoand from the producers ofSaltandTransformers, one mother’s heroic attempt to take back her son leads her to ask herself how far she will go to save her child.
The very movie itself was once in a fight for survival, and it seemed like it might have disappeared for good.Relativity Mediapicked up domestic distribution rights toKidnapback in September 2014, withKidnap starting productionjust a month later. When the first trailer was released in August 2016, the release date had been set for July 01, 2025, but in November, Relativity pushed the date to July 20, 2025, while rumors circulated that the cash-strapped studio was shopping the movie around, after it emerged from bankruptcy proceedings. The March 10 date came and gone with no release, and no word of what may happen to the movie, which has reportedly scored quite high in test screenings. Then in May, upstartAviron Pictures, lead by former Fox and Paramount executive David Dinerstein, picked up the film, setting an August 4 release.
While this intense action-thriller will finally get a chance to be seen in theaters, it will be facing some tough competition. Also opening on August 4 is Sony Pictures' highly-anticipated Stephen King adaptationThe Dark Tower, starring Hollywood heavyweights Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, alongside Annapurna Pictures' prestige filmDetroit, from director Kathryn Bigelow. It also opens a week after Focus Features’Atomic Blondeand Sony’sThe Emoji Movie, and a week before Universal’sAnnabelle: Creation, Lionsgate’sThe Glass Castleand Open Road Films' animated sequelThe Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature. Still, even withKidnapopening in such a competitive frame, this low-budget thriller, produced under an estimated $21 million budget, could still be quite profitable.
Just under two months afterKidnaphits theaters, Halle Berry will return to the big screen with a role in the highly-anticipatedKingsman: The Golden Circle, where she plays an American spy named Ginger. She also stars inKings, set just weeks before the 1992 Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict, where she stars alongside Daniel Craig. Take a look at the new trailer forKidnapbelow.
