A suburban family confronts prehistoric beasts in the new trailer for The End of Oak Street, formerly known as Flowervale Street. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star in the new action thriller, which is the latest from the writer and director of the cult horror hit It Follows. The film will be released in theaters by Warner Bros. on August 14.
In the trailer, McGregor and Hathaway star as Denise and Greg Platt, the parents of Audrey (Maisy Stella, My Old Ass) and Brian (Christian Convery, Sweet Tooth). Their idyllic suburban life soon goes horribly wrong (despite the calming strains of Billy Joel‘s “My Life”) when their street is suddenly and inexplicably transported into a primeval jungle, seemingly from millions of years in the past. Cut off from civilization, the residents of Oak Street begin to fall prey to the new local wildlife, including rapacious raptors, soaring pterosaurs, and a monstrous Allosaurus. And while God may not protect the Platts (despite Greg’s reassurances), they’re going to defend themselves with a variety of improvised anti-dino weapons. Can they survive, or is The End of Oak Street also the end of the Platts? You’ll have to hit the theater this summer to find out.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Is ‘The End of Oak Street’ a ‘Cloverfield’ Movie?
There’s no official word that The End of Oak Street has any connection with the three-film science-fiction-horror Cloverfieldfranchise. However, some have noted some similarities with the marketing aesthetics of Oak Street and the Cloverfield franchise, which last surfaced with 2018’s The Cloverfield Paradox. Additionally, J.J. Abrams, who produced the Cloverfield movies, is a producer on Oak Street, along with his production company Bad Robot. However, the theory has a major flaw: the Cloverfield films were all Paramount productions, while Oak Street is a Warner Bros. film. While the studios intend to merge, that deal has yet to pass regulatory hurdles, and is not yet official, which presumably stymies any sharing of intellectual property for the time being.
The End of Oak Streetwas written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, who broke out with the inventive horror film It Follows. His follow-up picture, Under the Silver Lake, polarized critics and alienated audiences, but it has since attracted a cult following. Next, he is set to write and direct They Follow, a sequel to It Follows.
The End of Oak Street will be released in theaters on August 14. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
