Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh's gripping supernatural thriller Presence, is all set to to release in Indian theatres. The film is being distributed in India by PVR INOX Pictures. It will release in India on March 28, 2025. David Koepp has written the screenplay of the film.
Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, West Mulholland, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, and Julia Fox are part of the cast of Presence.
The official synopsis of the film reads: It’s there before the family even moves in. It witnesses the family’s most intimate uncomfortable moments. It navigates the family’s new house at supernatural speed. It pays unusual attention to Chloe, the teenage girl who’s neither her mother’s nor her brother’s favorite. It wants — no, it needs — something. And as time goes on, the presence pieces together how it might accomplish its goal. An unusual, unnerving, and emotional thriller from writer David Koepp and director Steven Soderbergh.
Talking about the film’s origins, Steven Soderbergh shared a personal story. He said, “Presence grew out of something that happened in the house I own with Jules [Asner, Soderbergh’s wife] in Los Angeles. It is a true fact that somebody died in this 4 house before we moved in. It is a rumor that the person that died in this house was a mother, killed by her daughter. We were aware of this when we bought the house. From that point on, there were the occasional weird “Did I turn that light off?” moments. I never felt threatened by this. I wasn't afraid of it. It didn't really register at all. And it probably would've just kind of petered out if not for the fact that we had a house sitter who was watching TV one evening; there’s a long hallway that leads to the bedroom, and this person felt some sort of presence, looked up, and saw the figure of a woman cross the end of the hallway into the bedroom. The house sitter instinctively shouted Jules’ name. And immediately realized Jules wasn't there. That's why they’re house sitting. And she immediately called Jules. Who then relayed what we had heard. And the house sitter responded, “Well what the fuck? Why didn’t you tell me that?”
Soderbergh wrote his thoughts down and shared them with Koepp, and it evolved into Presence that is set to redefine supernatural thrillers.
Presence premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024. It was released in US by Neon on January 24, 2025. It received positive response from critics and audiences alike.
