Bad Times At The El Royale to close San Sebastian

Drew Goddard brings second film to fest.

by Amber Wilkinson

Bad Times At The El Royale
Bad Times At The El Royale Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival

San Sebastian Film Festival will close its 66th edition with the world premiere of Drew Goddard's Bad Times At The El Royale, starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm and Dakota Johnson.

The film by Cabin In The Woods director Goddard - who wrote the scripts for Cloverfield, War World Z and The Martian sees seven strangers come together in a rundown hotel on Lake Tahoe. Each of them has a secret to bury and, over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption... before everything goes to hell.

The film, produced by 20th Century Fox, will be released in the US on October 5 and in UK on October 12.

The 66th edition of the festival will run from September 21 to 29 and you can read more about the line-up here.

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