Pedro Pascal Stars in Tony Gilroy's Behemoth!, Opening in Theaters December 4

Pedro Pascal leads Behemoth!, a new film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, and it reaches theaters on Dec. 4, according to Deadline. The date falls on a Friday, the usual day for a wide opening.

Searchlight Pictures, the film label owned by Disney, is releasing the picture. Pascal plays Alex Serian, a cellist and former child prodigy who returns home to Los Angeles to compose film scores and reconnect with his family.

The cast also includes Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Will Arnett, Hank Azaria, Margarita Levieva and Matthew Lillard.

Gilroy and Pascal talked about the film's theme of a "fight for humanity" at a time when, as they put it, people lean heavily on artificial intelligence. Deadline reported the conversation. The film's story sits inside that question, with a man who makes music by hand returning to a city and a family he left behind.

Pascal told Deadline that making the film gave him a tremendous amount of hope. It is a personal remark from an actor about a shoot, and it sits alongside the film's larger subject without settling it.

For audiences, the news is simple. Behemoth! has a fixed place on the calendar, three weeks away from the date of this report. Anyone planning a trip to see it can check local listings closer to the opening, when showtimes are set.

Gilroy has written and directed films before, and the cast list spans comedy, drama and stage work. Behemoth! brings those names together under a Searchlight banner, which is the studio's first stop for the film's release in theaters.