The Gates – Watch Mason Gooding, Algee Smith, Keith Powers and James Van Der Beek in the trailer for the new thriller

James Van Der Beek as Jacob in The Gates. Photo Credit: Sherwood Jones

The Gates is written and directed by John Burr, following his debut, the supernatural thriller Muse. It stars Mason Gooding, Algee Smith, Keith Powers and James Van Der Beek.

The Gates follows three college students – Derek, Kevin, and Tyon (Gooding, Smith, and Powers) on a road trip gone wrong, as the three young men take an ill-advised shortcut through a remote gated community, where they find themselves trapped behind the walls after witnessing a murder. Over the course of the night, they find themselves blamed, hunted, and fractured by their own differing belief systems, while the perpetrator—James Van Der Beek, at his most charming and terrifying—emerges as the cunning patriarch that holds the entire community under his influence.

The Gates hits US cinemas on 13th March 2026.

Keith Powers as Tyon , Algee Smith as Kevin, and Mason Gooding as Derek in The Gates. Photo Credit: Sherwood Jones

Lionsgate presents, an Indy Entertainment & Core 4 Films production, in association with Rebellium Films.