Dakota Johnson & Sean Penn in a NYC Taxi in ‘Daddio’ Full Trailer
by Alex Billington
April 16, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I just gotta tell ya… you’re better off walking away.” Sony Pictures Classics has revealed the main official trailer for the indie film titled Daddio, marking the feature debut of the newcomer filmmaker Christy Hall. This initially premiered at both the 2023 Telluride & Toronto Film Festivals last fall. It’s currently set for a release in select theaters starting in late June this summer. The New York City drama is set entirely in a taxi cab departing from JFK airport. A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi, the cabbie throws the vehicle into drive as the two head out into the night toward Manhattan, striking up the most unexpected conversation resulting in a single, epic, remarkable journey. Dakota Johnson stars as Girlie, and Sean Penn co-stars as the driver Clark, described as a “curbside philosopher.” I’m actually very curious to watch this, to see where their conversation goes and what gets revealed between the two of them. It’s worth a look.
Here’s the full official trailer (+ poster) for Christy Hall’s Daddio, direct from SPC’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Christy Hall’s Daddio right here, for the first look again.
Via TIFF: “Dakota Johnson plays a woman who steps into a New York cab at the airport, driven by a man played by Sean Penn. She’s clearly preoccupied and just wants to get home. He’s a curbside philosopher. Immediately, he engages her in conversation which starts in small talk then gets bigger, deeper, and riskier as he steers her to her destination.” Daddio is both written and directed by indie filmmaker Christy Hall, making her feature directorial debut after developing / producing the “I Am Not Okay with This” TV series previously. It’s produced by Ro Donnelly, Terry Dougas, Christy Hall, Dakota Johnson, Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis, Emma Tillinger Koskoff. This initially premiered at the Telluride & Toronto Film Festivals last fall. Sony Classics will release Hall’s Daddio in select US theaters starting June 28th, 2024. Anyone into this?