It’s only been a few weeks since the secondBelko Experiment trailerdebuted, but Blumhouse Tilt apparently didn’t want to make fans wait too long for the next sneak peek. The studio released the third trailer, which includes a new scene where a few Belko employees Keith (Josh Brener), Leota (Gail Bean) and Dany (Melonie Diaz) catch three of their co-workers, Marty (Sean Gunn), Leono (Adria Arjona) and Chet (Abraham Benrubi), smoking weed. Leota thinks they’re “insane” for smoking at Belko, since drug tests will surely be coming. But that is going to be the least of their problems.
The trailer, which debuted on theBlumhouse TiltYouTube channel, also features a cryptic line where Marty asks Leota if she happened to “read what you signed when you started working for this place?” While Marty never does say what was in the employee contract, it’s possible that these employees have actually signed over the right for this company to kill them off, one by one, as we see later on in the trailer. One of the shots in the previously-released footage shows a control board with a number of switches, presumably one for every employee, and with a flick of this switch, they can kill that employee in an instant.
The rest of this video features largely the same footage we’ve seen in previous trailers, along with a number of quotes from critics who got to see this film during its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall. One quote likens this film as a combination of two much differentcult classics, the brutal Japanese thrillerBattle Royaleand the indie comedyOffice Space, and there is an actual connection worth pointing out. One ofThe Belko Experimentstars isJohn C. McGinley, who also starred inOffice Spaceas one of that movie’s “efficiency experts,” Bob Slydell.
The Belko Experimentopens on March 17, and it only has one competitor, Disney’sBeauty and the Beast. That fairy tale classic is shaping up to be one of the first big blockbusters of 2017.Beauty and the Beasthas shattered trailer view records every time new footage is released, indicating that fans may certainly come out in droves when Belle and Beast return to theaters on March 17. Thatrelease datealso falls between Warner Bros.‘Kong: Skull Islandand Roadside Attractions’The Wallopening on March 10 and Warner Bros.‘CHiPs, Sony’sLifeand Lionsgate’sPower Rangersarriving on March 24.
Written by the acclaimed writer/directorJames Gunn(Guardians of the Galaxy,Slither) and directed byGreg McLean(creator of theWolf Creekfranchise),The Belko Experimentis a terrifying, provocative and at times hilarious thrill-ride that literally provokes the question; what does it take to survive at work? From Orion Pictures,The Belko ExperimentstarsJohn Gallagher Jr(The Newsroom,10 Cloverfield Lane),Tony Goldwyn(Scandal),John C. McGinley(Stan Against Evil,Scrubs),Adria Arjona(True Detective),Josh Brener(Silicon Valley) andMichael Rooker(Guardians of the Galaxy). Take a look at the new trailer forThe Belko Experiment, as we get closer and closer to the March 17 release date.
