Selena Gomez and Timothée Chalamet together in Not Alone
The trailer for Not Alone is here, pairing two of new Hollywood's biggest stars. What's known about the film.
Some pairings make fans raise an eyebrow on paper alone. The new trailer for Not Alone is one of them: it puts Selena Gomez and Timothée Chalamet, two names that need no introduction to anyone who follows film and pop culture, on the same bill.
What’s known
The film is being kept under tight wraps, as is usual with projects of this calibre, but the trailer has already set the tone and sent social media speculating about genre, plot and the chemistry between the leads. For Gomez, it is another step in the move from pop and TV star to serious film roles; for Chalamet, it is confirmation that he remains one of the most sought-after actors of his generation.
Why it gets people talking
When you put two attention-magnets like these together, the noise is guaranteed, and studios know it. The trailer alone is enough to drop the film straight onto half the world’s must-watch list, long before release. Whether the final result lives up to the hype is the hard part, as ever.
For now, here is the appetiser and the sense that cinema is still betting big on faces that fill theatres.
See also: the big summer releases and the Michael Jackson biopic.
Coverage and news in outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter.
By Lucy Bennett
Image: Harald Krichel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
