A surreal new trailer for Brigsby Bear starring none other than Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, enriches us all with a magical mystery tour in the mind of a grown man stuck with his childhood fantasies.
The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival back in January and sees Dave McCary taking the helm with a cast that includes Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Mark Hamil, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Greg Kinnear, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ryan Simpkins, Matt Walsh and Michaela Watkins.
READ: Our review from Sundance 2017.
Brigsby Bear is in cinemas December 8th
Brigsby Bear Official Synopsis
Childhood is when impressionable minds open widest to the mesmerizing power of entertainment. Nearly everyone can recall connecting with a show so completely it feels like a magical world created just for you.
But what if it actually was?
Superfan James is obsessed with the clever if quaintly goofy kids’ show Brigsby Bear to the point of religiosity. A bright, sensitive young adult still living at home, he has grown up with this fantasy series, and the program has grown with him as well — getting more complex over the years. But to say James’ intensely protective parents have kept their son a bit sheltered is an understatement. One dramatic night, James’ insular world is upended. Through the disorienting but sporadically hilarious transition to a new life that follows, Brigsby remains James’ security blanket and, upon learning the series has been cancelled, he adopts the old adage that the show must go on. Family members and authority figures fret over James’ fixation, but by becoming Brigsby Bear’s new creator instead of just a viewer in the dark, he finally accesses all the meaningful connections his life has lacked. By telling his story, James repairs it — producing in the process an inventively offbeat and profoundly uplifting love letter to the redemptive power of creativity.
