Netflix's first trailer for science fiction movie Mute has arrived.
The latest from Warcraft director Duncan Jones is a Blade Runner-influenced view of the near future, starring Alexander Skarsgård as a silent bartender who just can't stay out of trouble.
When Leo Beiler's (Skarsgård) girlfriend Naadirah (Seyneb Saleh) goes missing in 2052 Berlin, all of the violent tendencies from his past come to the surface as he seeks out two surgeons who may have answers.
Those surgeons — called Cactus Bill and Duck — seem delightfully out of place in the otherwise-sombre world of Mute, as played by Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux.
Filmmaker Duncan Jones has previously described Mute as a spiritual sequel to Moon, the 2009 sci-fi cult classic that was his breakthrough as a mainstream director.
Sam Rockwell is expected to reprise his role from Moon, in an impressive cast that also includes Black Panther and Wonder Woman star Florence Kasumba, Doctor Who's Noel Clarke, Misfits' Robert Sheehan and Dark Matter's Daniel Fathers.
The project was fast-tracked by Duncan Jones when the likelihood of a Warcraft 2 shrunk because of the relative financial failure of the original film in spite of huge success in the Chinese market.
"It's not up to me. It's up to Warner [Bros], Legendary and Blizzard and Universal and too many chiefs," Jones explained last summer. "There's no reason for me to believe there is any more likelihood of it happening other than sheer pigheadedness."
Duncan Jones's Mute will begin streaming worldwide on Netflix on Friday, 23 February.
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