The Gorge, a brand new film for Apple TV+, has a peculiar launch date of February 14, 2025. Why would a sci-fi horror launch on arguably essentially the most romantic day of the yr? Sigourney Weaver, who stars within the movie, believes The Gorge is the proper romance film for the vacation.
“I feel it’s such a kick-ass Valentine’s Day film,” Weaver stated in an interview with GamesRadar+. “It’s a fantastic date film as a result of it’s terrifying, and also you’re going to be sitting in one another’s arms from, you realize, the primary half hour. And it’s additionally a type of films that sends thrills and chills up and down your backbone the entire time; you don’t know what’s going to occur.”
Weaver added that releasing the “romantic, suspenseful love story” on Valentine’s Day was “actually good.”
Who’s concerned in The Gorge with Sigourney Weaver?
The Gorge stars Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy as Levi and Drasa, two elite brokers tasked with guarding their respective posts on reverse sides of a gorge. The duo ultimately learns they have to shield the world from an unknown evil within the pit.
“Two highly-trained operatives (Teller and Taylor-Pleasure) are appointed to posts in guard towers on reverse sides of an unlimited and extremely categorized gorge, defending the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks inside,” the Apple TV+ synopsis reads. “They bond from a distance whereas attempting to remain vigilant in defending in opposition to an unseen enemy. When the cataclysmic menace to humanity is revealed to them, they have to work collectively in a check of each their bodily and psychological energy to maintain the key within the gorge earlier than it’s too late.”
Scott Derrickson directs The Gorge from a screenplay by Zach Dean. The Gorge is Derrickson’s first directorial characteristic since 2021’s The Black Telephone. The Gorge’s producers embody David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, Sherryl Clark, Adam Kolbrenner, Zach Dean, and Gregory Goodman.
The Gorge begins streaming on Apple TV+ on February 14.
(Supply: GamesRadar+)