The Creator: Release date, trailer, cast & plot

The newest movie from Rogue One director Gareth Edwards, The Creator, examines the dangers of AI, but also of humanity.

AI has been a controversial topic, with many fearing that artificial intelligence could replace many jobs in the future.

But the upcoming movie The Creator takes those fears of AI to another level, imagining a world where the creation rises up to destroy humanity. While it may seem a bit out of the Terminator movies, The Creator examines whether humanity and AI could actually coexist.

Here is everything we know about the upcoming science fiction movie, The Creator.

Does The Creator have a release date?

20th Century has confirmed that The Creator will release in theaters on September 29, though it will come out a day earlier in the UK.

The movie began filming in Thailand on January 17, 2022 and wrapped on May 30, 2022. The Creator has been in post-production since then.

Is there a trailer for The Creator?

A teaser trailer was released on May 17, 2023 along with the reveal of the release date. An full official trailer was then dropped on July 17, 2023. You can check out both trailers below:

The trailers shows off the world of the future after AI launches a nuclear attack on humanity. The movie appears to be full of the traditional sci-fi staples, including cyberpunk technology and futuristic vehicles.

Chock full of action and incredible effects, the movie does a fantastic job of integrating CGI with a beautiful, practical location.

What is the plot of The Creator?

The official synopsis of The Creator describes the plot as such: “Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself.

“Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.” 

While there are similarities to James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day — a dystopian future war against AI, a human resistance, and humanity under threat from a nuclear holocaust — Edwards says The Creator was more influenced by filmmaker Stephen Frears’ 1984 film The Hit.

“Like, ‘This isn’t real; this is just a laptop, just turn it off.’ You know what I mean? That is kind of what the movie is about,” Edwards explained to Total Film magazine. “There are all those questions. And there’s no easy answer.”

The Creator cast: Who is in the movie?

The all-star cast of The Creator is listed below:

• John David Washington as Joshua
• Gemma Chan
• Allison Janney
• Ralph Ineson
• Ken Watanabe
• Sturgill Simpson
• Marc Menchaca

That’s everything we know about The Creator, but we’ll be sure to update this hub when more announcements roll out. In the meantime, check out our other TV/movie coverage in the hubs below:

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