Overview
- The first trailer arrived Thursday, July 30, and Black Bear Pictures confirmed a limited U.S. opening on October 23 with a nationwide expansion on October 30.
- The film follows an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a husband made of wicker and stars Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki.
- Production sources and the trailer show Skarsgård performing inside an elaborate wearable wicker suit built by Wētā Workshop to achieve the character’s handcrafted look.
- Directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson say sex and intimacy scenes were planned, rehearsed, and staged with intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien because the practical suit constrained movement.
- Wicker premiered at Sundance earlier in the year, drew strong early reviews, and its festival-to-fall release via Black Bear reflects a push to convert critical buzz into a wider theatrical audience.