Enemy-Poster-sliceEarning rave reviews for last year’s acclaimed thriller, Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal will soon be back in cinemas for the former’s upcoming film, Enemy.

Previously titled An Enemy, the film was actually shot before Prisoners, with both making their debut on the festival circuit last year, with Prisoners officially bowing at TIFF after an appearance at Telluride, and Enemy launching out in Toronto as well.

With the film about to get an early on-demand release, ahead of its theatrical release in the US in March, Yahoo Movies have launched a new trailer, with A24 also releasing a great new poster for the doppelganger film.

ENEMY tells the story of a university lecturer named Adam (Gyllenhaal) who is nearing the end of a relationship with his girlfriend Mary (Laurent). One night, while watching a film, Adam spots a minor actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his double, Adam tracks down Anthony, an actor living with his pregnant wife Helen (Gadon) and engages him in a complex and dangerous struggle. The film is a haunting and provocative psychosexual thriller about duality and identity, where in the end only one man will survive.

Gyllenhaal of course plays both roles, with Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, and Sarah Gadon completing the cast.

Villeneuve (Incendies, Prisoners) directs from a script by Javier Gullón (Hierro), adapting the original novel, The Double, by José Saramago (not to be confused with the Dostoyevsky novella, or Richard Ayoade’s upcoming adaptation of it).

Enemy will be released exclusively through DirecTV on-demand on February 6th, ahead of its limited theatrical release on March 14th in the US. No word on a UK release date, but hopefully it will be crossing the Atlantic later this year, because this is one I’d love to see.

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