Disney’s Andscape debuts its highly anticipated new film, The Man in My Basement trailer and poster starring Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe and Anna Diop which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Masterfully adapted from Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel is is set tn the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition; rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good. Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it, race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil.
Directed by Nadia Latif with a screenplay by Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif and a cast that includes Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr., Pamela Nomvete and Tamara Lawrance.
Coming To Select Cinemas 12 September 2025 and Disney+ this Autumn
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Watch the Andscape the Man in the Basement trailer here….
