First Trailer for Fox Searchlight’s “Downhill” Debuts

Almost a full year after principal photography began in January, Fox Searchlight has released the first trailer for Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ and Will Ferrell’s new comedy Downhill.

About Downhill:

  • Production on the new film began in Austria in and around Ischgl, Fiss and Vienna.
  • Downhill is directed by Faxon and Rash and written by Jesse Armstrong.                                
  • The film is an adaptation of the 2014 Golden Globe nominated Swedish film Force Majeure.
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu serve as producers while Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff serve as executive producers.                                        
  • The film has been overseen by Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum, VP of Production Taylor Friedman and Coordinator Apolline Berty.
  • Downhill will slide into theaters on February 14, 2020.

The plot:

  • Barely escaping an avalanche during a ski vacation in the Alps throws a seemingly picture-perfect family into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate life, and how they truly feel about each other.

The cast:                                        

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Will Ferrell
  • Miranda Otto
  • Zach Woods
  • Zoë Chao
  • Julian Grey
  • Ammon Jacob Ford
  • Kristofer Hivju