The first trailer for Trap is here, and hidden among M. Night Shyamalan’s twisty thriller is an Easter egg for his daughter’s debut feature, The Watchers, which releases two months earlier.Trap follows a “father and teen daughter attending a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event,” per the logline for the movie. The trailer starts to unravel these events as Josh Hartnett’s character and his daughter make their way to an arena to watch pop star Lady Raven perform, but the day takes a twisted turn when the police show up hot on the trail of a serial killer.Lady Raven is played by one of M. Night Shyamalan’s daughters, R&B singer Saleka, turning the spotlight on her for this project. However, the filmmaker also included a nod to another of his offspring, Ishana, whose directorial debut feature, The Watchers, will hit theaters on June 14 before Trap releases on August 9.As pointed out by @FreddyInSpace of Bloody Disgusting, there is a billboard for The Watchers in the background of a shot around 1:10 in the trailer. “This rules,” one person on X/Twitter wrote in response to the small but significant sighting, while another added: “His support for his children’s art is cute. I love this.”Hey look at that. It’s a billboard for The Watchers in the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap. That’d be the debut feature of his daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan, in theaters two months before his own movie! pic.twitter.com/qnkSLy0wXb— John Squires 🎃 (@FreddyInSpace) April 18, 2024 A first look was screened at CinemaCon earlier this month, attended by IGN, but this is the first time footage of the film has become public, giving prospective cinemagoers a preview of what lies ahead, though, knowing Shyamalan there will be a lot of unexpected twists and turns (and possible Easter eggs) still to come.M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap Trailer StillsTrap is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and also produced by him along with Ashwin Rajan and Marc Bienstock. The executive producer is Steven Schneider. It is the first film Shyamalan has helmed under his new deal with Warner Bros., which is understood to be a “multi-year first-look directing and producing agreement.”Trap will open in theaters on August 9, less than two months after The Watchers, which M. Night Shyamalan also produced.Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers.
