Sundance Fest Hit SEARCHING Movie Gets A New Trailer – Stars John Cho

From the producer of UNFRIENDED (Timur Bekmambetov) comes the brand new trailer for Sundance 2018 hit SEARCHING, starring John Cho and Debra Messing.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired worldwide rights to the thriller at a reported $5 million after it’s debut at the festival.

After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.

The film was met with glowing reviews from Sundance earlier this year:

Variety – ““Search” is one of those movies, like “Tarnation” or “The Blair Witch Project,” so unique in its approach that Sundance can only program something of its kind once before the gimmick gets old — in this case, a taut missing-persons investigation that unfolds entirely on computer screens. Good thing then that first-time feature director Aneesh Chaganty has concocted such an exceptionally clever riff on that idea.”

Hollywood Reporter –  “what Chaganty and his team have pulled off here is something both novel and accomplished.”

Screen Daily – “by unleashing one narrative misdirection after another — teasing the audience and David about whether Margot is dead — Search in its own way milks potential tragedy for escapist entertainment. It’s why Cho’s empathetic portrayal is so important: he’s the beating heart of a film that can be coldblooded in its construction.”

SEARCHING opens in theaters on August 3, 2018.