Hypnotic Trailer Debut: Join Us for a Q&A with Robert Rodriguez

Be sure to visit IGN’s YouTube page this Monday, April 3, at Noon PT where director Robert Rodriguez (Alita: Battle Angel, Sin City) will be answering your questions about his new action-thriller Hypnotic, starring Ben Affleck. IGN will exclusively debut the Hypnotic trailer across all of our platforms at that time, but you’ll only be able to chat with Rodriguez on our YouTube channel.

So what exactly is Hypnotic about?

“Determined to find his missing daughter, Austin detective Danny Rourke instead finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole while investigating a series of reality-bending bank robberies where he will ultimately call into question his most basic assumptions about everything and everyone in his world,” according to the official plot synopsis. 

“Aided by Diana Cruz, an unnervingly gifted psychic, Rourke simultaneously pursues and is pursued by a lethal specter – the one man he believes holds the key to finding the missing girl – only to discover more than he ever bargained for.”

In addition to Ben Affleck as Rourke, Hypnotic’s ensemble cast includes Alice Braga (Predators, The Suicide Squad) as Diana Cruz; JD Pardo (Mayans M.C.) as Rourke’s partner, Nicks; Hala Finley (Paradise Highway) as his missing daughter, Minnie; Dayo Okeniyi (Rise) as tech wiz cum conspiracy theorist, River; Jeff Fahey (Lost) as Carl; Jackie Earle Haley (Alita: Battle Angel) as the reclusive expat Jeremiah, and William Fichtner (The Dark Knight) as the enigmatic figure Rourke pursues to unravel the mystery behind it all.

Hypnotic is produced by Mark Gill, Guy Botham, Lisa Ellzey, Jeff Robinov p.g.a, John Graham, Racer Max and Robert Rodriguez p.g.a.. The executive producers are: James Portolese, Joshua Throne, Maitreya Yasuda, Crystal Bourbeau, Vincent Bruzzese, Beth Bruckner O’Brien, Peter Touche, Christelle Conan, Gareth West, Chris Milburn, Artur Galstian, Vahan Yepremyan, Walter Josten, Patrick Josten and Jordan Wagner. The co-executive producers are Ryan Basford, Court Coursey and Caylee Cowan. Solstice Studios, Ingenious Media, and Studio 8 present the Double R production.

Hypnotic, which debuted at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, opens in theaters on May 12, 2023.