Sony pushed back the release of Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” which is now slated to hit theaters on September 19, 2025. Originally targeting a spring release on May 9, the date shift strongly hinted at a fall festival debut—TIFF feels like the logical bet.
Along with the new release date comes our first glimpse of the film: a trailer has dropped. Visually, it looks gorgeous, like all of Kogonada’s other films, with Benjamin Loeb (“Mandy”) behind the camera. However, plot-wise, it plats rather gooey and mawkish.
Heads up: the trailer reveals quite a bit of the storyline. If you’re hoping to go in blind, you might want to hold off on pressing play.
Despite its A-list leads—Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell—the film has been oddly quiet since wrapping in June of last year. It’s gone through at least four test screenings, with early reactions landing somewhere between intrigued and uncertain.
The plot centers on two strangers who cross paths at a wedding and wind up on a time-traveling, GPS-guided journey infused with romance and existential twists.
Described as “an imaginative tale of two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them,” the film is produced by Imperative Entertainment and written by The Menu scribe Seth Reiss.
At the helm is Kogonada, the video essayist-turned-filmmaker who broke through with 2017’s quietly powerful “Columbus,” and followed that with the thoughtful, if somewhat divisive, sci-fi drama “After Yang” in 2021—another collaboration with Farrell. While After Yang may not have stuck the landing for everyone, it certainly cemented Kogonada’s status as a filmmaker with vision.
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.