(Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox)
Before its highly anticipated release date, 20th Century Fox has released new character posters, one of the featuring starlet Dakota Johnson, in Bad Times at the El Royale. Just about anyone in the star-studded cast is playing a shady persona in writer/director Drew Goddard’s crime thriller.
7 strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at a run-down hotel in Lake Tahoe in 1960s California. Over the course of a fateful night, they all get one last shot at redemption — before everything goes horribly wrong.
Here are reasons we love Dakota Johnson’s Bad Times at the El Royale poster:
5) Emily Summerspring!
7 Strangers, 7 Secrets, 1 Connection. #ElRoyaleMovie pic.twitter.com/lLQcMJthiV
— Bad Times at the El Royale (@ElRoyaleMovie) August 13, 2018
As we previously mentioned, Johnson joins the cast as the criminal Emily Summerspring. The Suspiria actress has a femme fatale vibe going for her as she lights up a cigarette. We don’t know why Emily (Johnson) has someone tied up in her hotel room. We don’t even know how Summerspring ends up taken hostage in a later scene!
4) Her Own Poster!
According to Just Jared, The Fifty Shades Freed actress gets her own closeup poster among the collection. Get to know Daniel Flynn (Jeff Bridges), Darlene Sweet (Cynthia Erivo), Billy Lee (Chris Hemsworth), and Laramie Sullivan (Jon Hamm).
3) What Does It Mean!?!
As we previously mentioned, in the previous Emily Summerspring (Johnson) poster, the red line that separates California and Nevada leads straight to the hotel. Keeping with the femme fatale theme, Emily is surrounded by fog on a dark night.
2) Sisters!?!
On the official Twitter page, the caption states, “7 Strangers, 7 Secrets, 1 Connection.” What could be their connection?
1) The Cabin In The Woods!
7 Strangers, 7 Secrets, 1 Connection. #ElRoyaleMovie pic.twitter.com/LpGsxm2tny
— Bad Times at the El Royale (@ElRoyaleMovie) August 13, 2018
Writer/director Drew Goddard turned the entire horror genre on its head with the mind-tripping The Cabin in the Woods. Who knew Goddard could make being lost in space so funny in The Martian! I think Goddard will do wonders taking on crime and film noir.
Bad Times at the El Royale arrives in theaters on October 12th, 2018.