In just some weeks, Mason Gooding will return to the bloody and chaotic world of Scream when he reprises his function as Chad Meeks-Martin. Whether or not he survives Scream 7 or not is anybody’s guess, however what we are able to inform you is that he’ll have his life again on the road simply subsequent month with the arrival of John Burr’s (Muse) The Gates. Thrown into one more combat for survival, the blossoming Scream King can be joined by a forged that additionally consists of Keith Powers (The New Version Story), Algee Smith (Euphoria), and the late James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) in an all-out terror fest. In the present day, Collider is thrilled to completely unveil the very first trailer and teaser artwork for the mission, which is able to scare up a launch in choose cinemas on March 13.
The opening seconds of The Gates trailer soar forward within the story as we see three buddies — Kevin (Smith), Derek (Gooding), and Tyon (Powers) — uncomfortably seated in a lounge. We then in the reduction of in time and see the trio driving by way of the evening on their technique to meet some women. When a visitors jam threatens to chop their night brief, they hop off on the subsequent exit and take a rustic street to get to their get together quicker. On the way in which, they’re as soon as once more minimize off, this time by an enormous gated neighborhood. Fortunately, a great Samaritan offers them entry, however as soon as they’re inside, issues take a harmful flip after they witness a homicide. Upon reporting the crime, they be taught that the killer is the neighborhood’s minister (Van Der Beek), and so they now discover themselves in life-threatening hazard with all the gated neighborhood after them to maintain their secrets and techniques minimize off from the remainder of the world.
Burr additionally shared an announcement with Collider alongside the discharge, within the wake of Van Der Beek’s passing.
“Earlier than all else, I need to ship sympathy and like to James’ household; his spouse Kimberly, and his kids Olivia, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn, Joshua and Jeremiah. Thanks for granting us the dear time with him that we had.
James was a legend. I first met him at a restaurant simply exterior Austin to talk concerning the script for a movie we needed to work on collectively. His charisma and vitality have been evident instantly. He was a person of nice conviction, and it was clear that he approached life with a novel sense of ardour and dedication that he utilized to all the pieces from his work, to his household, to the life he’d inbuilt rural Texas after the early success of his profession.
We have been extremely lucky to have labored with him on this movie. He introduced expertise and perspective to the function, and he constructed profound relationships along with his fellow forged members and with the crew. And whereas he was deeply devoted to his efficiency because the flawed, amoral antagonist of our story, between scenes he effortlessly morphed again into the grounded, charming conversationalist he was at his core. He by no means missed a chance to talk glowingly of his spouse, brag about his youngsters, giggle concerning the lighter moments in his profession, or to ask others what was occurring of their lives. His vitality was contagious. None of us knew that he was already deep into his battle, and we have been all shocked to be taught with the remainder of the world about his prognosis.
Over the previous few months, my conversations with James have been restricted to periodic textual content messages. His phrases have been full of vitality and punctuated with exclamation factors at the same time as his well being will need to have been in decline. Regardless of figuring out his prognosis, the information of his passing was stunning. Within the minutes and hours after it broke, numerous members of the manufacturing workforce have reached out, expressing grief and sharing reminiscences, bonding in our shared love and disappointment. And thus, despite the fact that he’s now not with us, his vitality one way or the other feels prefer it lives on, bringing us all again collectively once more, inspiring us to reside life the way in which he did. I’m grateful for that. And so, on behalf of all the filmmaking workforce, I would like to precise our heartbreak at James’ passing, and our pleasure to have been so fortunate to know him.”
Films to Maintain You Over Till ‘The Gates’ Launch
Together with being a pulse-pounding journey of terror, The Gates additionally holds a mirror as much as the injustices in our world because it tackles race and performs with perception techniques and energy dynamics. The film is the most recent within the subgenre that already consists of classics like Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Wes Craven’s The Folks Underneath the Stairs, Ryan Coogler’s Sinnersand Bernard Rose’s Candyman.
Along with the quartet main the movie, Burr’s newest foray into horror additionally options performances from Jack Snyder (The Spouse Who Knew Too A lot), Brad Leland (Friday Evening Lights), Sofia Hublitz (Ozark), Shelby Simmons (A Massive Daring Lovely Journey), Kylr Coffman (New 12 months’s Rev), Natasha Ellie (Hi there Lovely) and extra.
Try the official trailer for The Gates above and see it in choose cinemas on March 13.

- Launch Date
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March 13, 2026
- Director
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John Burr
- Writers
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John Burr
- Producers
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Nancy Leopardi, Ross Kohn
