Is fiction imitating or dictating real life? The answer’s difficult to tell in the wild first official trailer for Universal Pictures and Apple Original Films’ Argylle. Described as a reality-bending spy thriller, Argylle was directed by Matthew Vaughn (the Kingsman films) and stars an abundance of big names including Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri), Screen Actors Guild Winner Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help), and Henry Cavill (The Witcher).
The ensemble includes Emmy winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Lifetime Achievement Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena (Peacemaker), Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), and Grammy winner Dua Lipa (Barbie). Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), and Matthew Vaughn’s supermodel wife’s cat, Chip, also star.
Vaughn directed and Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman) wrote the screenplay. Fuchs, Vaughn, Adam Bohling, and David Reid produced, with Adam Fishbach, Zygi Kamasa, Carlos Peres, and Claudia Vaughn executive producing.
Argylle opens in theaters on February 2, 2023.
The Plot, courtesy of Universal Pictures:
Bryce Dallas Howard is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home with her computer and her cat, Alfie. But when the plots of Elly’s fictional books — which center on secret agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate — begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past.
Accompanied by Aiden (Sam Rockwell), a cat-allergic spy, Elly (carrying Alfie in her backpack) races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Elly’s fictional world and her real one begins to blur.
