James R | On 03, Apr 2019

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile will hit UK cinemas and VOD this May, and a new trailer gives us our first full look at Zac Efron as Ted Bundy.

The film, which co-stars Lily Collins, introduces us to Ted, a handsome, smart, charismatic, affectionate man, and Liz, a single mother, cautious, but smitten with Ted. A picture of domestic bliss, the two seem to have it all figured out. That is until Ted is arrested and charged with a series of increasingly grisly murders. As concern turns to paranoia, Liz is forced to consider how well she knows the man she shares a life with and, as the evidence piles up, decide if Ted is a victim, or just guilty as charged.

Directed by Academy-Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), the film also stars Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Angela Sarafyan, Jim Parsons and Haley Joel Osment. Berlinger recently helmed the Netflix docuseries about Bundy, Conversations with a Killer, with the VOD service also snapping up the US rights, but in the UK, the movie’s will premiere courtesy of a different streaming giant: Sky Cinema, which will release the film in selected cinemas and on Sky Cinema on Friday 3rd May. Don’t have Sky? You can also stream it on NOW, as part of a £11.99 monthly subscription.

Here’s the trailer:

 

 

Sky Cinema releases trailer for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile

25th January 2019

This last month has seen an unexpected name head back into the spotlights: that of Ted Bundy, the serial killer who was executed in 1989. While a Netflix docuseries, Conversations with a Killer, has whipped up public discussion about the outwardly handsome figure, Sundance is premiering another take on his story: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, starring Zac Efron as Bundy.

The follow follows Efron’s Bundy and Lily Collins as single mother Liz, who is smitten by the seemingly affectionate and smart man. But their picture of domestic bliss is shattered when Ted is arrested and charged with a series of increasingly grisly murders. As concern turns to paranoia, Liz is forced to consider how well she knows the man she shares a life with and, as the evidence piles up, decide if Ted is truly a victim, or actually guilty as charged.

Directed by Academy-Award nominee Joe Berlinger, who also helmed the Netflix docuseries, the film co-stars Kaya Scodelario, John Maclkovich and Haley Joel Osment. It premieres this week at the Utah festival, and now, we’ve got our first proper look at the movie, as Sky Cinema unveils the trailer for the drama. Sky Cinema, which has previously released Final Score, Life Itself and The Hurricane Heist, will release the film in UK cinemas and on its premium TV channel, plus subscription streaming service NOW.

An exact release date isn’t yet known, but here’s a teaser:

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