Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling Spark in the First Pillion Teaser
A24 just dropped the first teaser for the upcoming film Pillion, a sharp, bike-side romance led by Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling.
Pillon (2025) | Photo Credit: Picturehouse and A24
Adapted by writer-director Harry Lighton from Adam Mars-Jones’s novel Box Hill, the romantic comedy film tracks Colin (Melling), a quiet twentysomething whose life reroutes after a chance encounter with Ray (Skarsgård), an enigmatic biker. What starts as an invitation to ride pillion (literally taking the back seat) becomes a tightly structured connection rooted in trust, boundaries, and the charge of giving over control. The teaser also suggests a quirky contrast as its visual language with chrome and countryside against bar noise, then morning-after calm.
Festival response has already been loud. Pillion premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2025, where Lighton won the section’s Best Screenplay and the film drew a seven-minute standing ovation—one of those key, buzz-worthy moments that tends to follow a movie into release. Though what ultimately stands out here is how unflashy it is about intensity. Skarsgård tackles Ray with cool restraint, while Melling gives Colin an awkward uncertainty.
Picturehouse is opening Pillion in UK cinemas on November 28, 2025. In the U.S., A24 is handling distribution following its acquisition of the film, with a theatrical rollout planned for early 2026.
Check out the teaser for Pillion below.
