So many of us may know him as sweet Hughie from Prime Video’s The Boys, but today Jack Quaid is the stuff of nightmares in a trailer for his upcoming film, Companion. Starring opposite Quaid is Yellowjackets and The Boogeyman’s Sophie Thatcher, who, in the trailer, appears to be a prisoner of Quaid’s.
Serving as the feature-length directorial debut of Drew Hancock, the first look certainly shows viewers a very different side of Quaid.
Check Jack Quaid in Companion.
In the opening seconds of the teaser, while The Flamingos’ song “I Only Have Eyes for You” plays over top, we see a chef putting the final touches on a meal before delivering it to a seated couple (Quaid, Thatcher).
The moment appears to be a touching one, with two love birds seemingly enjoying a fancy dinner from the comfort of their own home. But, as the camera pans to the chair where Thatcher is sitting, it’s obvious that Companion will be anything but your next favorite rom-com.
Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher star in Companion
That’s because Thatcher has been handcuffed to her seat. The rest of the trailer for Companion shows the not-so-happy couple in unsettling circumstances, including a clip where Quaid is holding her at gunpoint and another in which she’s trying to break free from her captor by slamming his hand in a car door.
The teaser ends in literal flames as Thatcher’s entire arm is engulfed by a candle at the dinner table.
Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher aren’t the only two familiar faces viewers will spot in the Companion trailer as The White Lotus, You, and Smile 2’s Lukas Gage pops up throughout and seems to be in cahoots with Quaid.
Originally, Companion was meant to be the follow-up feature for filmmaker Zach Cregger, who made his grand entrance onto the scene with 2022’s Barbarian.
We also see a mustachioed Rupert Friend (Hitman: Agent 47, Anatomy of a Scandal) catch a switchblade to the neck. He probably deserved it. The rest of the cast includes What We Do in the Shadows’ Harvey Guillén and Never Have I Ever’s Megan Suri.
Originally, Companion was meant to be the follow-up feature for filmmaker Zach Cregger, who made his grand entrance onto the scene with 2022’s Barbarian.
Instead, Cregger will serve as a producer, passing the reins to Hancock who also penned the script. Joining Cregger as producers are Raphael Margules and J.D. Lifshtiz with New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment, and BoulderLight Pictures.
Fans of Zach Cregger need not worry as, although he may not be directing Companion, the celebrated horror filmmaker is busy at work on a different project in the same vein. Cregger’s follow-up production, Weapons, is set for a release in early 2026 and will center around a myriad of intertwined lives in a small town in Florida.
Boasting a stacked ensemble, the film will feature performances from Josh Brolin (Outer Range), Julia Garner (Apartment 7A), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), and more.
As for Jack Quaid, along with Companion, the actor will (hopefully) soon be heading back to Toronto to work with Eric Kripke and the rest of the team on the fifth and final season of The Boys. His name is also attached to the Dan Berk and Robert Olsen co-directed action thriller flick, Novocaine, and Ilya Naishuller’s action comedy, Heads of State.
