A podcasting journalist gets more than he bargained for when his investigation takes deadly—and at times comedic—turns in the official trailer for Vengeance, the first film from writer, director, and actor B.J. Novak.

Written and directed by B.J. Novak, Vengeance also stars Novak, Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, and Dove Cameron.

Produced by Jason Blum, Adam Hendricks, and Greg Gilreath, Vengeance will be released in theaters on July 29th via Focus Features, and you can get an idea of what to expect in the official trailer below:

"VENGEANCE, the directorial debut from writer and star B.J. Novak (“The Office”), is a darkly comic thriller about Ben Manalowitz, a journalist and podcaster who travels from New York City to West Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with. With an ensemble cast that includes Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, and Dove Cameron."

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    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.