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Promising Young Woman is a 2020 American black comedy thriller film directed, written, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell, in her feature directorial debut. It stars Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, and Laverne Cox. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020. It is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2020, by Focus Features.
In January 2019, it was announced Carey Mulligan had joined the cast of the film, with Emerald Fennell directing from a screenplay she wrote. In March 2019, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sam Richardson, and Molly Shannon joined the cast of the film. In April 2019, Angela Zhou and Clancy Brown joined the cast.
Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. However, nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be: She's wickedly smart and tantalizingly cunning, and she is living a secret double life by night. An unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past.
One thing nobody on the ground at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival could stop buzzing about was Carey Mulligan’s ferocious lead performance in Emerald Fennell’s feature directorial debut “Promising Young Woman.” The Focus Features release exploded with rave reviews (a 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 42 reviews), but the coronavirus pandemic forced the film off its original opening date of April 17. Now “Young Woman” has a new release date, Christmas Day, and a new trailer that announces it’s time for Mulligan to enter the Oscar race.
Focus Features’ official “Promising Young Woman” synopsis reads: “Everyone said Cassie (Mulligan) was a promising young woman… until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.”
In her review out of Sundance, IndieWire’s Kate Erbland wrote, “Don’t let the darkness of Emerald Fennell’s twisted directorial debut scare you off. There’s plenty of pleasure to be found in its bruising, pitch-black humor. Her raucous debut twists its buzzword-laden, spoiler-free synopsis — it’s a #MeToo rape-revenge thriller with bite! — into something fresh and totally wild.”
Prior to “Promising Young Woman,” Fennell took control of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Emmy-winning series “Killing Eve” as the showrunner of its second season. Starring opposite Mulligan is a cast that includes Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Laverne Cox, Adam Brody, Sam Richardson, Molly Shannon, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chris Lowell, and Max Greenfield.
While major tentpoles such as “Dune” and “No Time to Die” having left the 2020 release calendar in favor of 2021 theatrical openings, Focus is moving ahead with a theatrical release for “Promising Young Woman” this holiday movie season. The film joins Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman 1984” as theatrical openings for Christmas. Disney announced its Pixar entry “Soul” will open on Christmas Day but on the streaming platform Disney+.
Focus Features will release “ Young Woman” in theaters on December 25. Watch the new trailer for the film and check out the official poster below.
Promising Young Woman Cast
- Carey Mulligan as Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas
- Bo Burnham as Ryan
- Alison Brie as Madison
- Clancy Brown as Stanley Thomas
- Jennifer Coolidge as Susan
- Connie Britton as Dean Elizabeth Walker
- Laverne Cox as Gail
- Adam Brody as Jez
- Max Greenfield as Joe
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Neil
- Sam Richardson as Paul
- Molly Shannon as Mrs. Fisher
- Alfred Molina as Jordan
- Angela Zhou as Todd
- Chris Lowell as Al Monroe
- Abi Beaux as Bridesmaid
Promising Young Woman Release Date
In February 2019, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020. It was scheduled to be released on April 17, 2020, but it was pulled from the schedule due to the closures of movie theaters because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was eventually rescheduled to be released on December 25, 2020.
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