YOU’RE THE MAN NOW, ORC

When you hear about a movie which is described as Training Day meets Lord of the Rings, how can you not be EXCITED?

WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY

Prepare yourselves. We’re looking at you, Suicide Squad fans. Uh, we mean haters.Â Either way.

Netflix has been releasing a ton of original movies lately, and they plan on increasing that output next year. But few movies they release are going to be as high-profile asÂ Bright, whichÂ arrives on the streaming serviceÂ later this year. Now, a brand new trailer has been released that gives us a much better idea of what to expect, which pretty much looks likeÂ Lord of the RingsÂ meetsÂ Training Day, as hard as that may be to believe.

Â The first teaser trailer forÂ BrightÂ gave us a very general idea of what to expect from the fantasy/sci-fi movie. Humans, Orcs and other fantastical creatures live together as if it’s no big deal. Magical weapons exist. Stuff like that. But this full-length trailer actually gives us a sense of the story. Joel Edgerton is playing theÂ first ever Orc who becomes a copÂ and Will Smith is stuck being his partner. It’s the whole fish out of water buddy cop thing, but with a magic wand and a very modern soundtrack.

David Ayer directedÂ BrightÂ for Netflix and this looks to be right in his wheelhouse. He stumbled a bit withÂ Suicide Squad, at least in the eyes of many critics, but the movie did massive business at the box office. That aside, he’s generally delivered high-quality movies likeÂ End of WatchÂ andÂ Fury. There’s a lot ofÂ End of WatchÂ in this movie, which was written by Max Landis (Chronicle). Netflix beat out a lot of major studios who were bidding on the project, putting up North of $90 million to make this movie happen. So this is a genuinely huge blockbuster movie that isn’t relying on box office to succeed. Considering that other studios were planning on making hundreds of millions at the box office with this movie, it’s pretty amazing to think that Netflix is only hoping to attract subscribers.

BrightÂ stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Oliveri, and Kenneth Choi. The expensive Netflix original arrives on the streaming service on December 22. Just in time for Christmas. Who knows? Maybe this could make for a great non-traditional Christmas viewing with the family? But probably not.