Movies Justin Timberlake is giving True Detective vibes in first Reptile trailer What happens when Timberlake's onscreen girlfriend goes... bye bye bye? By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on August 21, 2023 10:01AM EDT Justin Timberlake might've brought sexy back, but he can't bring back his onscreen girlfriend. The singer-actor features in the upcoming thriller Reptile, which dropped its first trailer Monday morning. The Netflix movie, which has serious True Detective vibes, stars Benicio Del Toro as Nichols, a hardened detective who is attempting to solve the brutal murder of a young real estate agent in a case where nothing is as it seems. Also starring Alicia Silverstone as Nichols's wife, the neo-noir crime thriller unpacks the illusions in the detective's own life as he pulls at the threads of the case. Silverstone and Del Toro notably starred together in the 1997 crime-romance Excess Baggage. "There's a case going on," Nichols says. "It's a real nightmare." The trailer showcases the detective trying to solve the murder, studying bloody case files, interrogating Timberlake's character, and meeting with the coroner to unpack a possible bite mark on the victim's hand. The boyfriend isn't the only suspect, however. There's also a best friend, a weird stranger, and an ex-husband. The intense trailer, set to Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning," channels True Detective with its hazy, outdoorsy setting (New England); desaturated tones; and strange clues, including a painting of a bound and gagged angel. "I wanted to create this multifaceted sense of deception that was both in the experiences of the characters, as well as in the structure of the storytelling. That was something that excited me," first-time feature director Grant Singer previously told EW. "I think the movie will be exciting to people who like to watch something where you don't know where it's leading you, where a film is going to have twists and turns and deceive you. And people who like things that are intense and visceral and suspenseful, I think they'll find something exciting in this." Justin Timberlake in 'Reptile'. Netflix The film also stars Eric Bogosian, Domenick Lombardozzi, Frances Fisher, Ato Essandoh, Michael Carmen Pitt, Karl Glusman, and Matilda Lutz. After making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Reptile will hit select theaters on Sept. 29 before debuting on Netflix on Oct. 6. Watch the trailer above. Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Related content: Benicio Del Toro and Alicia Silverstone have 'electric' reunion in first look at thriller Reptile Justin Timberlake sells entire music catalog for a reported $100 million Justin Timberlake, Jonathan Demme on Netflix concert documentary