First Glance: “The End of Oak Street”

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I’ve been wildly curious about “The End of Oak Street” since its brief teaser dropped a couple of months back. Now Warner Bros. Pictures have released the first full trailer and I’m even more intrigued. This science-fiction survivor thriller comes from writer-director David Robert Mitchell, who gained a lot of attention for his 2014 horror film “It Follows” (a sequel is currently in the works with NEON producing and distributing). “The End of Oak Street” looks to be a MUCH different animal in size, scope, and scale.

Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor play Denise and Greg Platt, a husband and wife raising their two children in a quiet suburban neighborhood during the 1980s. But their unremarkable middle-class life is turned upside-down after a crazy cosmic event uproots Oak street and transports the neighborhood to someplace prehistoric. It’s a bonkers concept custom-made for the movies and it should be a lot of fun. The new trailer looks like an entertaining mix of “Jurassic Park” and “The Twilight Zone” with a strong family dynamic at its core. Sign me up.

“The End of Oak Street” arrives in theaters on August 14th. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.

25 thoughts on “First Glance: “The End of Oak Street””

  1. Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. dinosaurs? Well, yeah, of course I’m in. This looks better than the last two Jurassic World movies combined.

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