First Trailer for ‘The Fabelmans’ Releases After TIFF Premiere

The first trailer for Steven Spielberg‘s latest movie, The Fabelmans, has released after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Written by Spielberg and Tony Kushner, the movie stars Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Oakes Fegley, Gabriel Bateman, and David Lynch.

Reviewing The Fabelmans after its premiere, editor Joey Magidson raves about the film, which you can see here.

From the TIFF website, its plot synopsis reads “Gabriel LaBelle gives a breakout performance as the teenage Sammy Fabelman, always desperate for a new piece of gear so he can make ever-bigger movies with his friends. Michelle Williams is the heart of the story as Sammy’s encouraging mother, a skilled pianist. She brings life to their household, a fact Mr. Fabelman (Paul Dano), a computer engineer, finds as enchanting as he does discombobulating. Their family is rounded out by his loveable co-worker Benny (Seth Rogen), who becomes an uncle to Sammy and his sisters, always along for the ride with the Fabelmans. This unique combination of parental figures eventually becomes a source of tension with Sammy at the centre, and that seeps into his creative work.

Instead of chasing sharks or running from giant boulders, Spielberg has Sammy navigating the interpersonal landmines of home and school life, in what may be the most emotionally expansive film of his career. Starting with gunslingers and war stories, the way any Boy Scout in the late 1950s might, Sammy/Spielberg shows us not only what sparked Spielberg’s love for cinema, but also how empathy and human relationships have sneaked their way into the work of this master filmmaker.”

You can watch the full trailer below and see the movie in select theatres on November 11, before it expands on November 25: