Behemoth! trailer sends Pedro Pascal back to Hollywood's recording studios
Pedro Pascal at NYFF, 2 Oct 2026. (Illustrative.) | Bryan Berlin; cropped | CC BY-SA 4.0 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=201284653 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Searchlight Pictures released a new trailer for Behemoth! on 28 October, giving audiences another look at Pedro Pascal as a cellist returning to Los Angeles after years away. The Playlist and Slant report that Tony Gilroy's drama is heading towards its 4 December US cinema release after premiering at the New York Film Festival earlier this month.
The new footage places Pascal's character, Alex Serian, inside the business of recording movie scores. It is a smaller-scale setting for Gilroy, the writer and director of Michael Clayton and creator of Andor, but one built around professionals whose working lives collide with unresolved personal problems.
A homecoming behind the soundtrack
Alex is a gifted musician who has spent about two decades travelling before returning home. His new work brings him into Hollywood recording sessions while the film moves through memories of relationships, family and the choices that kept him on the road. The story stretches across roughly 25 years rather than unfolding entirely during one visit to Los Angeles.
ABC7's On The Red Carpet coverage describes the trailer opening with musicians being asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement for a project called Behemoth. Alex questions the name before being urged to get on with the job. The sequence introduces the film's world through a familiar piece of studio bureaucracy, with the larger emotional story emerging around the work.
Pascal also spoke to the broadcaster's George Pennacchio at the film's AFI Fest premiere about preparing to appear convincing on the cello. He said Gilroy warned him at their first meeting that it would be difficult. The interview offers a glimpse of the preparation behind a role built around musical performances.
Nine composers for films within the film
Behemoth! uses music from fictional productions to connect different parts of Alex's life. Slant describes its soundtrack as including passages written for movies that do not exist outside this story. Instead of giving every imaginary production the same musical voice, Gilroy brought together a group of nine composers.
The line-up includes Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Michael Abels, Emily Bear, Henry Jackman, Nami Melumad, Brandon Roberts and Lukas Frank. Searchlight credits the music to The Behemoth! Collective. The arrangement makes the soundtrack part of the drama's construction, as well as something that accompanies Pascal's performance.
The supporting cast gives Alex several connections to revisit. Olivia Wilde plays Carol, Eva Victor plays fellow musician Nadia, Will Arnett plays Alex's brother Andy and Hank Azaria plays his father Peter. Alexa Swinton, Kaya Ralls, Erik Griffin, JoBeth Williams and Margarita Levieva also appear. Gilroy wrote and directed the film, with Sanne Wohlenberg and John Gilroy joining him as producers.
Festival reactions ahead of the cinema release
The film had its world premiere on 2 October as the centrepiece of the 64th New York Film Festival. That screening and the new trailer are separate events: this week's footage is part of the release campaign, rather than the film's first public unveiling.
In his festival review for The Playlist, Rodrigo Perez described a story in which musical performances trigger memories, gradually revealing the costs of Alex's restless career. He highlighted the contrast between the character's professional confidence and his difficulty sustaining relationships.
Slant's trailer report also points to its festival review, which praised Pascal's emotional presence. Together, the coverage suggests that the film's central attraction lies in its portrait of a working musician and his past, alongside the unusually varied score. It is Gilroy's first feature as director since The Bourne Legacy in 2012.
Searchlight's US release materials list 4 December 2026. That date should not be assumed to apply to British cinemas: a UK release date was not established in the material checked for this report. The trailer is available now, while the wider cinema rollout remains ahead.