Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega slay a mythical creature in trailer for 'Death of a Unicorn'

"Death of a Unicorn" will be released in spring 2025.

December 18, 2024, 2:40 PM

The official trailer for "Death of a Unicorn" is here.

In the hilarious new trailer for the upcoming horror comedy film, Paul Rudd accidentally runs over a mythical creature. See the trailer here.

The A24 film, which also stars Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant, comes from writer and director Alex Scharfman in his directorial debut feature.

The cast is seen in this screen grab from the “Death of a Unicorn” trailer.
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The movie follows the father-daughter duo of Elliot and Ridley, played by Rudd and Ortega, respectively, as they "hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO," according to the film's longline.

"A lot of species in this area are rare," Elliot says in the trailer.

Will Poulter appears in this screen grab from the “Death of a Unicorn” trailer.
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"What exactly are we saying this is though?" Poulter's character asks, while staring at the mythical creature in the trunk of a car.

Many guesses are made, including "a horse-like Mammalia" that has "some sort of protrusion or growth," but it's Ridley who says what they are all thinking.

Jenna Ortega appears in this screen grab from the “Death of a Unicorn” trailer.
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"It's a f---ing unicorn," she says.

The film's poster features a unicorn underneath a white sheet, with purple text and the tagline, "They're going to make a killing."

Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega appear in this screen grab from the “Death of a Unicorn” trailer.
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"Death of a Unicorn" will be released in spring 2025.