{"id":302045,"date":"2026-02-25T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/302045\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:46:08","slug":"uma-thurman-stars-in-ballerina-action-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/302045\/","title":{"rendered":"Uma Thurman Stars in Ballerina Action Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tUma Thurman<\/a> is back in killer form. Prime Video released the first trailer for \u201cPretty Lethal<\/a>,\u201d a survival action-thriller in which a group of elite ballerinas must fight their way out of a remote inn run by Thurman\u2019s unhinged former dance prodigy.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows five dancers \u2014 played by Maddie Ziegler (\u201cMy Old Ass\u201d), Lana Condor (\u201cTo All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before \u201c), Iris Apatow (\u201cThis Is 40\u201d), Avantika (\u201cMean Girls\u201d) and Millicent Simmonds (\u201cA Quiet Place\u201d) \u2014 traveling to a prestigious competition when their bus breaks down in a remote forest. Stranded and out of options, they seek shelter at a roadside inn run by Devora Kasimer.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trailer wastes little time getting to the carnage. Kasimer\u2019s welcome is unsettling from the start \u2014 gracious on the surface but clearly off. The inn grows more sinister by the minute, and it becomes apparent the dancers have walked into something they may not walk out of. As the threat turns violent, the group \u2014 still barely on speaking terms \u2014 are forced to set aside their rivalries and fight back together. The ballerinas draw on their physical training to fight back, using footwork, flexibility and, in one memorable moment, a pointe shoe \u2014 to survive.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Vicky Jewson, who previously helmed \u201cThe Witcher: Blood Origin,\u201d describes the film as a genre mash-up that moves between horror, comedy and action. The film is written by Kate Freund and produced by Kelly McCormick, whose credits include \u201cBullet Train\u201d and \u201cViolent Night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPretty Lethal\u201d premieres at SXSW on March 13 before streaming globally on Prime Video March 25.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the trailer below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uma Thurman is back in killer form. Prime Video released the first trailer for \u201cPretty Lethal,\u201d a survival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69,165709,86100],"class_list":["post-302045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pretty-lethal","tag-uma-thurman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}