Alexander Skarsgård & Harry Melling Star in Pillion Trailer for A24 BDSM Movie

A24 has released a new trailer for Pillion, revealing more of the upcoming BDSM romance drama movie starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling. Pillion is set to release on February 6, 2026.

“In the film, a timid man (Melling) is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker (Skarsgård) takes him on as his submissive,” reads the movie’s official synopsis.

Check out the new Pillion trailer below (watch other trailers):

What happens in the Pillion trailer?

The trailer highlights more of the BDSM relationship that the timid Colin (Melling) and Ray (Skarsgård) enter into. Pillion is written and directed by Harry Lighton and is based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by author Adam Mars-Jones.

The movie had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Un Certain Regard section’s Best Screenplay award. Alongside Skarsgård and Melling, Pillion also features Douglas Hodge, Lesley Sharp, Jake Shears, Paul Tallis, Jake Sharp, Anthony Welsh, and Maggie, a rottweiler.

Since its world premiere, the movie has received a perfect Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 66 reviews.

The movie is executive-produced by Skarsgård, Clare Binns, Mark Gooder, Pim Hermeling, Louise Ortega, Alison Thompson, Christian Vesper, and Eva Yates. Producers are Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, and Emma Norton. The creative team consists of director of photography Nick Morris, editor Gareth C. Scales, production designer Francesca Massariol, costume designer Grace Snell, art director Katherine Black, and composer Oliver Coates.

Skarsgård was most recently seen in Apple TV+’s newest sci-fi comedy Murderbot, which has already been renewed for a second season. After Pillion, he’s also working on another A24 movie titled The Moment, which is a mockumentary about a popstar headlining her first tour. He will be starring in that film alongside Charli XCX and Rosanna Arquette.

Source: Comingsoon.net