'Survivors Survive!': Latest Trailer Drops for Survival Thriller 'Whalefall' Starring Austin Abrams
Austin Abrams plays a diver with one hour of oxygen as the adaptation turns Daniel Kraus’s novel into a contained survival thriller.
- On Thursday, 20th Century Studios released a new trailer for the survival thriller Whalefall, featuring actor Austin Abrams trapped inside an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale with only an hour of oxygen remaining.
- Directed by Brian Duffield, the film adapts Daniel Kraus's 2023 novel, centering on character Jay Gardiner's search for his deceased father's remains off California's Central Coast before he is swallowed by the creature.
- Josh Brolin plays Jay's late father, Mitt, whose voice haunts flashbacks with wisdom like "Remember: survivors survive," while director Duffield estimates the film is "roughly 95% Austin Abrams."
- Described as The Martian meets 127 Hours, the aquatic thriller arrives exclusively in theaters on October 16, 2026, placing the scuba diver in a desperate race against time within the whale.
- Opening September 18, Resident Evil features Abrams in another survival role directed by filmmaker Zach Cregger, positioning him for a demanding autumn before Whalefall's October debut.
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New WHALEFALL Trailer Sends Austin Abrams Into One Seriously Terrifying Survival Nightmare
The new trailer for 20th Century Studios’ Whalefall looks like one hell of a stressful trip into the ocean.Based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus, Whalefall stars Austin Abrams as Jay Gardiner, a scuba diver who ends up trapped inside the stomach of an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale. He has roughly one hour of oxygen left, which means he needs to figure out how to escape before the whale digests him.The full tr…
Whalefall Trailer Traps Austin Abrams Inside a Whale
By: Michael Jacobs – Senior Correspondent | Movie Entertainment News LAS VEGAS, NV — (September 10, 2026) — 20th Century Studios has unleashed the official trailer for Whalefall, an intense survival thriller starring Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin and Elisabeth Shue — and its central nightmare leaves one man with approximately an hour to escape from [...]
20th Century Unleashes New Claustrophobic "Whalefall" Trailer
20th Century Studios has unveiled a new trailer for their upcoming film Whalefall, set to release next month!What’s Happening:A new trailer has been released for Whalefall, the upcoming film from 20th Century Studios and Imagine Entertainment. Austin Abrams stars as Jay Gardiner, who heads to California’s Central Coast following the...
'Survivors survive!': Latest trailer drops for survival thriller 'Whalefall' starring Austin Abrams
It's a race against time to escape the beast's belly. Austin Abrams stars in the upcoming survival thriller "Whalefall," accidentally trapped in the stomach of a whale. Having to rely on childhood lessons and his own instincts, it's a race against the clock before his air runs out. "Whalefall" heads to theaters Oct. 16.
Whalefall Trailer: Austin Abrams Faces a Terrifying Fight for Survival at Sea
Austin Abrams is fighting for his life in the latest Whalefall trailer. The upcoming survival thriller comes from 20th Century Studios and is helmed by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You, Underwater). The official synopsis for Whalefall reads, “Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California […]
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