Nicolas Cage in Dream Scenario. Courtesy of TIFF.
Nicolas Cage returns to the big screen (and the world's dreams) in the first trailer for director Kristoffer Borgli's Dream Scenario. The dark comedy is the Norwegian director's second feature (and first in the English language) after his critically acclaimed Cannes-premiering debut Sick of Myself.
In Dream Scenario, Cage plays a woefully average college professor who is propelled into fame (or infamy?) after he inexplicably appears in everyone's dreams one night. However, he quickly learns that fame, for all its glitz and glam, is not all it's cracked up to be.
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In his review, our critic called Dream Scenario “A Nightmare on Elm Street if dream demon Freddie Krueger was a boring average middle-aged man and instead of knives for hands his weapon was doing absolutely nothing.” Adding that it's “hilarious, relevant and wonderfully weird, it is a reflection of the internet age, cancel culture and quickly our dreams for fame can turn into a nightmare.” Read our full review here.
The movie also stars Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Dylan Baker and Kate Berlant and is produced by Hereditary‘s Ari Aster (so you know things are about to get wild).
After a glowing reception at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, Dream Scenario will be released by A24 on November 10, 2023.
Watch the first trailer for Dream Scenario here:
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