Sam Neill makes his posthumous appearance in the latest trailer for a comedy. In the trailer for The Fox, which stars Olivia Colman and others, the actor steals the show with his voice.
The Fox, which is Dario Russo’s directorial debut, features Neill as the voice of the Magpie. It was his final film released during his lifetime, premiering at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 19, 2025. The renowned Jurassic Park alum passed away earlier this year, on July 13, due to pneumonia. He was 78.
Check out The Fox trailer below:
What happens in The Fox trailer?
The Fox trailer unfolds through a surreal, cynical, profanity-laced monologue on animals and humans. The trailer opens with a voiceover detailing the “peculiar interests” of various animals, describing cats as torturers, dogs as degenerates, frogs as sex pests, and magpies as busybodies.
The monologue then points to humans’ strangest interests: making themselves miserable in relationships while acting powerless to change it. The camera then shifts to Nick, a wealthy rural landowner who discovers his fiancée, Kori, is cheating on him.
When Nick catches the rogue talking Fox, she offers him a bizarre trade-off to save her own life: help fix his relationship troubles if he lets her live. She tells him of a mysterious “hole with powers” in the ground, convincing Nick that all he has to do is push Kori into the magic hole, which can transform her into the “perfect partner.”
Nick follows the advice and throws Kori into the hole. Even though she re-emerges as everything he seemingly wanted, her increasingly bizarre and unsettling new quirks quickly make him regret his decision.
Alongside Neill, the black comedy fantasy stars Jai Courtney as Nick, the hunter; Emily Browning as Kori, Nick’s fiancée; Olivia Colman as the Fox; Damon Herriman as Derek; Claudia Doumit as Diana; Zlatko Burić as Kori’s father; and Miranda Otto as Liz. Frankie J. Holden, Heather Mitchell, and Kim Gyngell also star.
The Fox is scheduled to be released in Australia on 26 November 2026.
Originally reported on ComingSoon.
