The primary trailer of Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson’s 2026 sci-fi thriller Mercy was unveiled at New York Comedian Con, and ScreenRant was in attendance.
The Mercy panel passed off on Thursday, October 9. Pratt, co-star Kali Reiss, and director Timur Bekmambetov had been all readily available, whereas Ferguson was not in a position to attend however despatched a video message for the followers. The Mercy trailer performed proper on the high of the panel, earlier than it was made obtainable on-line.
The trailer opens with Pratt waking up strapped to a chair. Ferguson’s character seems on a display, explaining the AI-powered judicial system on this story that serves as decide, jury, and executioner known as Mercy. “Mercy retains our metropolis protected,” she says. Because it seems although, Pratt helped create the Mercy program, however now it’s getting used towards him as he’s accused of killing his spouse. He has 90 minutes to show his innocence earlier than he’s executed.
Mercy is about to premiere in film theaters on January 23, 2026. Watch the complete Mercy trailer proper right here:
As Pratt shared within the panel, his character helped develop the Mercy program as an try to cease crime. When the film takes place, he revealed that eight individuals had already been put via this system earlier than his character is the one being strapped in.
Bekmambetov informed attendees that this can be a very totally different type of Chris Pratt efficiency. “He performs a really darkish and really susceptible character. It is a very dramatic story.” Pratt added, “You understand this can be a man who might have dedicated this crime.”
These on the panel at NYCC had been additionally proven an unique scene between Pratt and Reis’ characters. In it, they talk about the information of the case and the crime scene over video, with the AI program recreating the crime scene.
Though they’ve scenes collectively, Reis shared that she didn’t movie loads with Pratt. In lots of circumstances, they’d movie lengthy takes on their very own. Reis stated that Pratt’s footage was usually shot first, which she discovered useful to see what he did together with his efficiency.
Pratt, in the meantime, discovered it useful that he was truly strapped down within the chair for lengthy stretches, saying that created “a sure degree of claustrophobia” which he discovered useful for the position. Pratt nonetheless managed to get injured on set on one of many scenes the place he wasn’t strapped into then chair.
The AI ingredient of the film was additionally a giant level of the panel. As information round AI like Tilly Norwood and the primary AI-directed film has damaged in latest weeks, Bekmambetov acknowledged the know-how’s influence is having on the world, saying:
We reside in a world right this moment the place AI is coming, is knocking on the door, and we do not perceive what is going to occur, how we’ll reside on the planet with it.
Nonetheless, Mercy is aiming to entertain audiences and be a worthwhile cinematic expertise. Mercy will play on IMAX screens but in addition incorporates 3D know-how. Although Bekmambetov says that it will likely be extra like Augmented Actuality (AR), teasing that “you will notice how the screens [are] surrounding you.”
Once more, Mercy releases in film theaters on January 23, 2026.