Mysterious THE BOY Clips and More Promotional Videos Witness the new THE BOY clips and more promotional videos! The film, directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside), stars Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, and Diana Hardcastle. THE BOY will be released in theaters on January 22. Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.