Watch: Carey Mulligan & Jake Gyllenhaal in trailer for Wildlife

The first trailer has been released by IFC Films for Wildlife starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, whom she previously co-starred with in Brothers (along with Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire). Wildlife is a directorial debut for Carey's fellow actor Paul Dano. The film (which premiered  to rave reviews at Sundance Film Festival last January and recently at Cannes Film Festival) opens in U.S. Theaters October 19th.

Watch the trailer for Wildlife below...

Wildlife Trailer Screen Captures 

Featuring Carey Mulligan as Jeanette Brinson

Wildlife Stills

The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews, is adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Ford. Gyllenhaal plays Jerry, an out-of-work golf pro whose 1960s nuclear family is shaken when he goes to help fight a raging forest fire near the Canadian border, leaving his wife, Jeanette (Mulligan), in the position of keeping the household afloat. Newcomer Ed Oxenbould plays Joe, the couple’s only child, who witnesses his mother’s efforts. (EW)