LUCE Trailer Debut Don’t miss the first LUCE trailer! The film, directed by Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox), stars Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth, and Kelvin Harrison Jr., Norbert Leo Butz, and Andrea Bang. LUCE will be released in theaters on August 2. A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.