Lionsgate Premiere has released a trailer for Black Butterfly, a thriller starring Antonio Banderas as a reclusive writer who takes in a mysterious drifter (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), with pretty (predictably) terrible results. A remake of the 2008 French film Papillon Noir, Black Butterfly is directed by Brian Goodman and also stars Piper Perabo and Abel Ferrara. It will be in theaters and On Demand on May 26th.
Outside a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul (Antonio Banderas), a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter at a diner with a drifter named Jack (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Paul offers Jack a place to stay – and soon the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul’s work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game of one-upmanship that will bring at least one tale to an end.
