A24 has launched the first trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s next film ‘Queer’ starring Daniel Craig.

The adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ controversial novel sees Craig take on the role of Lee – a self-conscious, insecure man living it up in 1950s Mexico City surviving on GI Bill benefits and part-time jobs among expat American college students. He becomes infatuated with Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a recently discharged young U.S. Navy serviceman and drug user from Florida newly arrived in town.

Directed by Guadagnino, the movie also stars Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, Andra Ursuta, Michael Borremans and David Lowery.

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The film had its US Premiere in the Spotlight Gala slot at the New York Film Festival and also had its UK Premiere as a Special Presentation at the BFI London Film Festival on17 October 2024. It hits UK cinemas on December 13th.