Nightmare Alley Movie

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Who's Involved:

Ron Perlman, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Cooper, Guillermo del Toro, David Strathairn, Kim Morgan, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Mary Steenburgen

Release Date:

Friday, December 17, 2021 Nationwide

R   RESTRICTED MPA
strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity and language
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

In Nightmare Alley, an ambitious young carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is. The carnival cast includes carnival worker Molly (Rooney Mara), head barker Clem (Willem Dafoe), and Ron Perlman as Bruno the Strongman. Richard Jenkins is part of the high society crowd as wealthy industrialist Ezra Grindle.

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Who stars in Nightmare Alley: Cast List

... Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Silver Linings Playbook  

... Zeena (a mentalist)

Mickey 17, xXx 3: The Return of Xander Cage  

... Molly

The Social Network, The Truth About Emanuel  

... Lilith Ritter

Borderlands, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  

... Pete Krumbein

Nomadland, Where The Crawdads Sing  

... Bruno

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio  

... Clem Hoately

Kinds of Kindness, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice  

... Ezra Grindle

If, Friends with Benefits  

... Miss Harrington

Book Club: The Next Chapter, Last Vegas  

Who's making Nightmare Alley: Crew List

A look at the Nightmare Alley behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Guillermo del Toro last directed Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. The film's writer Guillermo del Toro last wrote Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans.

Producers

J. Miles Dale
Guillermo del Toro

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Production: What we know about Nightmare Alley?

Key Facts

  1. Writer/director Guillermo del Toro said "I’m inspired and elated to be joined by this brilliant cast. Kim Morgan and I have worked with great passion to bring the dark, raw world and language of William Gresham to the screen and now we are joined by a superb group of artists and technicians to bring it to life (1/30/2020).”
  2. Aademy Award winner Guillermo del Toro (THE SHAPE OF WATER, PAN’S LABYRINTH) directs and co-writes with Kim Morgan (THE FORBIDDEN ROOM).
  3. David Strathairn has joined the cast of the Fox Searchlight picture (Hollywood Reporter, 9/27/19). Strathairn will play the alcoholic husband of Collette’s character, a mentalist named Zeena who ends up mentoring Cooper's character.
  4. It’s based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham and not the 1947 movie of the same name.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2021 - November: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2021 - May: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2020 - January: The film was set to Production  status.

    Searchlight Pictures announced that principal photography on Nightmare Alley began January 30, 2020 on location in Toronto, Canada.

  4. 2019 - June: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.

    Shooting will begin in early 2020 in Toronto.

  5. 2019 - April: The film was set to Development  status.

Nightmare Alley Release Date: When was the film released?

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Nightmare Alley was a Nationwide release in 2021 on Friday, December 17, 2021. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including Spider-Man: No Way Home, Last Words and Swan Song.

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