South Korean director Na Hong-jin has released a first trailer for his sci-fi thriller Hope, following the film's competition premiere at Cannes, where it drew an enthusiastic response. The film matters as a high-profile crossover project pairing a celebrated Korean auteur with a starry international cast, and distributor Neon has secured rights for North America, the UK and Australia ahead of a scheduled release on 9 September.

Hope is set in a remote community on the edge of the Korean Demilitarised Zone that is terrorised by the arrival of aliens. Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton play the aliens, alongside Korean star Hwang Jung-min as a hapless police chief, Squid Game breakout Hoyeon as a steely officer, and Zo In-sung as a hunter venturing into the forbidden KDZ forests. Na drew inspiration from Hollywood classics such as Duel, Jaws, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon, and Deadline critic Pete Hammond praised the two-hour, 40-minute film as relentless and out-Hollywooding Hollywood.