“We found three bodies and you’re connected to all of them.” Paramount has unveiled an official trailer for a dark comedy movie called Adulthood, from director Alex Winter – his first fictional narrative feature in a long time. He has been making documentaries the last decade, but is finally back with an awkward comedy about murder and family. When siblings Megan and Noah uncover a long-buried corpse in their parents’ basement, they stumble into a wildly escalating spiral of crime, cover-ups, and murder. The deeper they dig, the harder it becomes to escape. Starring Josh Gad, Kaya Scodelario, Billie Lourd, Alex Winter, and Anthony Carrigan. The film is premiering at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival next month before debuting in theaters + on VOD later in September this fall. At first glance, it reminds me of the hilarious Sightseers, but it seems this film has some other tricks up its sleeves. The concept seems to be about how people have “skeletons in their closet” but what if that was literally true and these kids have to deal with that revelation.
When siblings Megan and Noah uncover a long-buried corpse in their parents’ basement, they stumble into a wildly escalating spiral of crime, cover-ups, and murder. Family ties are strained to their limits in this devilishly comic neo-noir from actor-director Alex Winter. Starring Kaya Scodelario and Josh Gad, Adulthood follows a pair of grown-up siblings forced to cover their tracks after making a grisly discovery. Adulthood is directed by acclaimed actor / filmmaker Alex Winter, director of the feature films Freaked and Fever previously, plus many other excellent doc films includingDownloaded, Deep Web, The Panama Papers, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain, Showbiz Kids, Zappa, The YouTube Effect. The screenplay is written by Michael M.B. Galvin. It’s produced by Michael Cho, Tim Lee, Danny Roberts, Jackie Langelier, H.S. Naji, Scott Kroopf, & Alex Winter, Russell Hollander, Lisa Wolofsky. This is premiering at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival coming up soon. Paramount will then release Winter’s Adulthood movie in select US theaters on September 19th, 2025 and on VOD starting September 23rd this fall. Want to watch this?
