New Delhi, July 14 -- LOS ANGELES - The trailer opens on a cello.

Not on Pedro Pascal's face, not on an establishing shot of Los Angeles, not on a title card announcing that Tony Gilroy is back. Just the instrument, and a man who may or may not know anyone is watching. Four seconds of strings, then a cut, then the film Searchlight Pictures has been developing quietly for the better part of three years begins to show itself. Behemoth!, arriving in theaters on December 4, 2026, is Gilroy's first feature film since The Bourne Legacy in 2012 - fourteen years during which he wrote Rogue One, reworked its production, and built Andor, the Star Wars prequel series widely regarded as the most ambitious storytelling the franchise has attempted.

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