If Hideo Nakata’s intention is to rid all signs of terror from the posters for his new film CHATROOM…well, the man has succeeded!
Two more international one-sheets for Nakata’s cyberspace thriller have been unfurled…one redolent of the mosaic collage type we’ve seen before, where tiny images comprise a whole. The other, far more teen-centric (peep homey’s Bieber-cut front and center)…features some pretty sketchy Photoshop work. Oh well, at least my girl Imogen Poots (below) is present!
Written by Enda Walsh (adapted from her own play), CHATROOM commences:
When jaded teens Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online, and they’re seduced by his charisma. But William isn’t what he seems. He’s calculating and manipulative and doesn’t have time for people in the real world. Jim is vulnerable and he has no idea how dangerous his new friendship with William will be. When Jim confesses he’s on anti-depressants, William knows he’s found a victim. He vows to help Jim off his drugs, and the rest of the group fall in line.
What begins as friendly advice to help Jim becomes twisted and Eva and Mo realise the deadly game William’s playing, but the wheels are in motion. Jim is set on a path of self- destruction, and is going to do the unthinkable. As Eva, Emily and Mo try to save Jim, William begins a terrifying game of cat and mouse chasing them across the internet, shutting down their systems, and cutting them off from his victim. Fantasy meets reality when William and Jim are face to face in rush hour on the underground. Without the faceless security of the online world, everything becomes real. It’s now a race against time to save Jim, but the clock is ticking… and we fear someone must die.
Aaron Johnson, Matthew Beard, Hannah Murray, Megan Dodds, Michelle Fairley, Daniel Kaluuya, Nicholas Gleaves, Jacob Anderson, Tuppance Middleton, Ophelia Lovibond and Richard Madden also star in the film.
No telling when you can log into CHATROOM just yet.