Overview
- Black Bear released the first trailer on Thursday, July 30, 2026, and coverage and social posts quickly focused on the striking practical effects used to create the Wicker Husband.
- Wicker follows an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a husband from a local basketmaker and stars Olivia Colman as the fisherwoman, Alexander Skarsgård as the wicker husband, and Peter Dinklage as the basketmaker.
- The filmmakers, Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, adapted Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story and debuted the film at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it received enthusiastic reviews.
- Wētā Workshop led roughly 18 months of design and fabrication to build a wearable wicker suit with prosthetic masks and limited digital touches, and intimate scenes required extensive choreography and an intimacy coordinator to stage safely.
- Black Bear will open Wicker in limited U.S. release on October 23, 2026, with a nationwide expansion on October 30, 2026, positioning the star-driven, craft-heavy film as a fall conversation piece for awards and audiences.