Sensational NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Trailer and More Promotional Videos Experience the new NOCTURNAL ANIMALS trailer and more promotional videos! The film, directed by Tom Ford (A Single Man), stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Michael Sheen, and Andrea Riseborough. NOCTURNAL ANIMALS will be released in theaters on December 9. A “story inside a story,” in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called “Nocturnal Animals,” which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.