Official WISH UPON Trailer Experience the new WISH UPON trailer! The film, directed by John R. Leonetti (Annabelle, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation), stars Joey King, Shannon Purser, Sherilyn Fenn, and Ryan Phillippe. WISH UPON will be released in theaters on July 14. A teen girl discovers a magical box that will grant her seven wishes. As she uses her wishes for personal gain, bad things begin to happen to those around her. She discovers an evil entity lives inside the box and may be behind the gruesome deaths.