Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new “Roar” spot for The End of Oak Street, placing the film’s enormous prehistoric threat at the centre of its latest theatrical campaign.
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as Denise and Greg Platt, parents whose ordinary suburban existence is shattered when a mysterious cosmic event tears their entire neighbourhood away from the familiar world.
Oak Street still contains the same houses, roads, gardens and neighbours, but everything beyond it has changed. The peaceful suburb now stands inside an unknown and hostile landscape inhabited by creatures that should have disappeared millions of years ago.
The new footage focuses on the moment when uncertainty gives way to genuine terror. Strange noises and distant movement are no longer abstract warnings. Something enormous is approaching, and the sound of its roar makes it clear that the residents of Oak Street are no longer at the top of the food chain.
While the film’s earlier promotional material established the mystery surrounding the neighbourhood’s disappearance, the “Roar” spot emphasises the physical danger awaiting the Platt family. Their homes may offer temporary shelter, but suburban walls, parked cars and garden fences provide little protection against prehistoric predators.
The central conflict is not simply about escaping a dinosaur attack. The Platts must understand where they have been transported, determine whether there is any route home and keep their family together while the familiar rules of modern life collapse around them.
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor lead the cast alongside Maisy Stella and Christian Convery as the younger members of the Platt family. P. J. Byrne and Chris Coy also appear in the ensemble.
The film is written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, best known for the atmospheric horror films It Follows and Under the Silver Lake. His involvement suggests that the mystery surrounding Oak Street may be just as important as the creatures hunting its residents.
J. J. Abrams serves as one of the producers through Bad Robot, alongside Hannah Minghella, Jon Cohen, David Robert Mitchell, Matt Jackson and Tommy Harper. Michael Giacchino composed the score, while cinematographer Michael Gioulakis reunites with Mitchell after their work on It Follows.
The combination of domestic normality and prehistoric danger gives the film its most distinctive visual idea. Dinosaurs are not attacking an expedition team inside a distant jungle or a controlled theme park. They are moving through an ordinary neighbourhood filled with family homes and people who never expected to become part of a survival story.
The “Roar” spot keeps the larger explanation deliberately hidden. Whether Oak Street has travelled through time, space or an entirely different reality remains unclear, leaving the Platts with a mystery they may have to solve before they can escape.
The End of Oak Street begins its international theatrical rollout on August 12, 2026, before arriving in US cinemas and IMAX on August 14, 2026.
Watch the new “Roar” spot below.
