"Ahhh there he is... Sad Dad." Briarcliff Entertainment has debuted their second trailer for the film titled The Thing With Feathers, a dark grief drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a widow dad dealing with his two young boys. This originally premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mostly mixed to negative reviews, and opens in theaters at the end of November. "An emotional gut punch wrapped in a dark, fantastical nightmare" - The Thing With Feathers is adapted from the bestselling book written by Max Porter. Left to raise two young sons after the unexpected death of his wife, Dad's life begins to unravel. Grief is messy and chaotic enough as it is, but when it takes the form of an unhinged, unwanted house guest taunting him from the shadows, things start to spiral out of control... It's a powerful story about a grieving father struggling to raise his young sons who is helped by an imaginative creature called Crow. He's cool. The practical crow creature is designed by Conor O'Sullivan which they're still keeping hidden. The cast also includes Vinette Robinson, David Thewlis, & Eric Lampaert as Crow. I saw this aleady and it's just not good, it doesn't come together... But it's still a powerful look at how all-consuming grief is. // Continue Reading ›
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