I Saw the TV Glow: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know

In recent years, A24 and the Sundance Film Festival have teamed up again, with “I Saw the TV Glow” premiering at the festival. Sundance has been instrumental in launching major A24 films like “Past Lives” and “Talk to Me” in 2023, and in 2024, it showcased “Love Lies Bleeding” alongside “I Saw the TV Glow,” which garnered rave reviews, being hailed as a “one-of-a-kind masterpiece,” generating excitement among moviegoers. Here is everything you need to know about I Saw the TV Glow release date, cast, plot and more.

I Saw the TV Glow: release date

A24 will soon be available. May 3, I Saw the TV Glow only in theaters. We don’t yet know when it will debut in other countries, such as the UK; that is the release date in the US.

After premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, “I Saw the TV Glow” is set to release on May 3. The film has also screened at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, where it received nominations for Best Feature and Best First Feature and is currently being showcased at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival.

I Saw the TV Glow: Cast

The main cast of “I Saw the TV Glow” features Justice Smith as Owen and Brigette Lundy-Paine as Maddy.

Justice Smith has emerged as a rising star with notable roles in projects such as “The Get Down,” “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu,” “Generation,” “Sharper,” and “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.” Additionally, he stars in another 2024 film, the satire “The American Society of Magical Negroes.”

Brigette Lundy-Paine has been steadily building their career with notable appearances in “Atypical,” “Bombshell,” and “Bill & Ted Face the Music.”

The rest of the cast includes Ian Foreman as young Owen, Helena Howard as Isabel, Fred Durst as Frank, and Danielle Deadwyler as Brenda.

The plot

Here is the official synopsis for I Saw the TV Glow:

"Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of reality begins to crack."

I Saw the TV Glow Trailer

Watch the official, trippy trailer for I Saw the TV Glow right here:

The Director

Although Jane Schoenbrun is still relatively unknown as a director in Hollywood, her film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair garnered positive reviews and a “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film A Self-Induced Hallucination was also directed by her.