The first trailer for Room, the Irish-made adaptation of the Emma Donoghue bestseller, has been released.
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Frank, What Richard Did), Room features an all-star cast including Brie Larson (Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now), Jacob Tremblay (The Smurfs 2, Somnia), Joan Allen (The Bourne Supremacy, Nixon) and William H Macy (Shameless, Magnolia), with Donoghue adapting her book for the screen.
The film tells the story of Jack (Tremblay), a five-year-old boy growing up with his mother (Larson) in a shed which he believes is the whole world, while she hides from him the fact that they are captives.
An Irish, British and Canadian co-production, Room will be released in the US in October, a key month in the build-up to awards season.
It will open in New York and Los Angeles on October 16 before nationwide US release on November 6. It will also screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Irish company Element Pictures was among the producers on Room, in association with The Irish Film Board.
Element Pictures producer Ed Guiney told TEN: "Room marks our fifth film with Lenny and has been an incredible film to work on with him and our amazing cast and crew.
"We're delighted to be screening it at one of the best festivals in the world and look forward to releasing in Ireland in the coming months and in the US on October 16."
Among the other territories where Room has been sold are: the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Israel, the Middle East, South Africa, Latin America, Australia and Japan.
Donoghue's novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker, Orange and Commonwealth Prizes. It sold over two-and-a-half million copies in English and was translated into 35 languages.
