Trailer Drop · Official Trailer 2 · 11 November 2026
“Rent’s due.” Julianne Moore has just two words to say, and she isn’t going to waste them, in the second trailer for The Debut, Jesse Eisenberg’s musical comedy about a community-theatre production that gets badly out of hand. It opens in UK cinemas on Friday 15 January 2027.
A Bit Part, Played to the Hilt
Moore plays Mona Friedman, a shy New Jersey housewife cast in a tiny role in a local musical. She turns into a zealous method actor, ready to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her part, even if that means war with the show’s domineering director, played by Paul Giamatti. The trailer builds around the rehearsal where he makes her repeat her line until she gets it right.
Eisenberg wrote and directed the film, wrote its songs and appears in it, with Halle Bailey and Bernadette Peters also in the cast. It is his first film as director since A Real Pain. For more of this week’s biggest trailers, see our latest Trailer Radar.
Film at a Glance
- Film: The Debut (2026)
- Trailer: Official Trailer 2 (Lionsgate UK)
- Writer and director: Jesse Eisenberg
- Cast: Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Jesse Eisenberg, Halle Bailey and Bernadette Peters
- Genre: Musical comedy
- US release: Select US cinemas from Friday 11 December 2026 (A24)
- UK availability: UK cinemas from Friday 15 January 2027 (Lionsgate)
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