Overview
- Amazon MGM Studios released the official trailer and first images for Hedda, starring Tessa Thompson in a stylized, 1950s‑inflected reimagining of Hedda Gabler.
- Nia DaCosta’s adaptation gender‑flips Eilert Lövborg into Eileen, placing a lesbian dynamic at the story’s center over the course of one charged night.
- The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, open in select theaters on October 22, then stream globally on Prime Video on October 29.
- The ensemble includes Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss, with cinematography by Sean Bobbitt and an original score by Hildur Guðnadóttir.
- The trailer signals a tonal shift from glittering party vibes to dangerous turbulence, teasing shattered finery, flames, and gunshots without revealing plot details.