‘Skincare’ Trailer: Elizabeth Banks Unravels Cosmetic Mystery In Indie Thriller From IFC Films

IFC Films on Wednesday morning rolled out the first trailer for Skincare, the crime thriller starring Elizabeth Banks (A Mistake) that it will release across North America on August 16, as we were first to report.

A fictional story inspired by true events, Skincare follows famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Banks), who is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, though complications arise when rival facialist Angel Vergara (Luis Gerardo Méndez) opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her studio. She begins to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage her reputation and business, and together with her friend Jordan (Lewis Pullman), she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of who is trying to destroy her life.

Also starring Nathan Fillion (The Rookie) and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Pose), the project marks the first narrative feature from director Austin Peters, who wrote the script with Deering Regan and Sam Freilich. Producers included award-winner Jonathan Schwartz (Funny Games) and Logan Lerman (Indignation) through Schwartz’s Jalapeño Goat banner, and ILBE in association with WWPS.TV.

IFC Films is coming off acquisitions of the Cannes selection Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, which is slated for release November 15, and Academy Award winner Adam Elliot’s stop-motion drama Memoir of a Snail starring Sarah Snook. Most recently releasing the Sundance titles In a Violent Nature and Ghostlight, the company’s upcoming slate also includes Nicole Riegel’s drama Dandelion (July 12), starring KiKi Layne, and Damian Mc Carthy’s horror pic Oddity (July 19).

Titles set to open against Skincare include 20th’s Alien: Romulus, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, Roadside’s family drama My Penguin Friend, and Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure. Check out the trailer above.