Riding high off “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino is teaming up again with Amazon MGM Studios for “After the Hunt,” a tense drama and thriller starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield.
In what was Amazon MGM’s first presentation at CinemaCon, Guadagnino, Edebiri, and Garfield took the stage at the Colosseum to present the trailer for the film ahead of the movie’s release on October 17, 2025.
The film follows Roberts as a college professor who is caught up in a political and personal crisis when one of her star pupils (Edebiri) accuses one of her fellow professors of an act of abuse. Let’s just say it was a pretty tense experience, one that grapples with the culture wars and generational divide in the post-#MeToo era in fascinating ways.
Garfield referred to Guadagino as “a radical artist” and that it was a “dream come true to be directed by a living master,” someone who had a “gift for exploring the complexity of what it is to be human.”
Nora Garrett wrote the screenplay for “After the Hunt,” which also stars Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny.
“Challengers,” the sexy and tantalizing tennis film starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist, grossed $96 million at the worldwide box office. Like that film, “After the Hunt” reunites Guadagnino with composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the score.
Amazon MGM in its presentation trotted out a mess of stars and touted films including “Project Hail Mary” with Ryan Gosling, “Mercy” starring Chris Pratt,” “Crime 101” with Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry, and many more films. Prime Video chief Mike Hopkins told the crowd of exhibitors that it intends to reach 15 films a year by 2027 and already has a slate of 14 set up for 2026. “After the Hunt” is one of its biggest titles to come in 2025.
“After the Hunt” is one of many upcoming projects that Guadagnino fans can look forward to. The Italian auteur is also attached to direct an “American Psycho” remake for Lionsgate and a “Sgt. Rock” movie for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios at Warner Bros.