The Squad trailer

Aidy Bryant

Venessa Bayer

Kenan Thompson

[Cut to young people having a house party]

Male voice: The world was their’s until one day.

[Cut to Aidy and Venessa in the car. Venessa is driving.]

Aidy: We’re gonna be friends forever, right? Like, even after graduation?

Venessa: Are you kidding me? All we need is each other.

Male voice: The world changed.

[The radio starts making sounds. Aidy and Venessa look at the radio screen when they get into an accident.]

[Cut to Venessa waking up in the hospital]

[heart rate monitor sound]

Venessa: Hello? Hello?

[Venessa walks out of the room. The hospital is empty. She sees Aidy there too.]

Aidy: What’s going on?

Male voice: In the future.

TV: From Tokyo to London, New York, Bangkok–

[Next channel]

TV: Taylor Swift.

[Next channel]

TV: Taylor Swift.

[Next channel]

TV: Taylor Swift.

[Aidy and Venessa get out. The roads are empty.]

Male voice: It will reach a critical mass.

[Cut to Aidy and Venessa walking in an empty street]

Aidy: Oh, my god! Where did everybody go?

Male voice: In 2015, Taylor Swift created her squad. By the end of her tour, the entire world had joined.

[Cut to a huge poster or Taylor Swift being placed in a tall building of the city.]

[Cut to Aidy, Venessa and Kenan]

Kenan: First, it was the models. Then the athletes. Then it was everybody. Police, fire department, Matt LeBlanc. [starts crying]

Aidy: Did you lose someone?

Kenan: Daughters. Two of them. Squad took them.

Venessa: Where are they now?

Kenan: I don’t know. Probably having some sort of taco night.

[Cut to a city. There’s a huge smoke coming out of a building.]

Male voice: It wanted to collect the whole world.

[Cut to Kenan being pulled by someone]

Kenan: Ah! I’m going to meet Taylor.

[Cut to Aidy and Venessa walking]

Male voice: Until there was no world left to collect.

[! looking at the Instagram]

Venessa: What do they do all day?

Aidy: She invites them on stage and they like, walk around for a minute or something.

Venessa: And then? What?

Aidy: That’s it!

Kenan: It’s cold. It’s getting colder. All the craps are dying.

[Cut to Aidy seeing a dream of a model calling her to join the squad.]

[Aidy wakes up]

Venessa: What was that?

Aidy: I think it was a model who does acting now.

[Cut to a truck full of men with a speaker searching for people.]

Speaker: Join us. Everybody! We’re going to layout a matching American flag towels.

Venessa: Who even owns an American flag towel?

Aidy: I think Taylor provides them. She’s actually very generous with her friends.

Venessa: What is happening to you?

Aidy: I don’t know. I think I might feeling her whole deal.

[Cut to Aidy in front of the beam light]

Aidy: I’m ready.

Venessa: Don’t go!

Aidy: Taylor!

[Aidy can’t be seen because of the beam light.]

Male voice: The Squad. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron.

[Cut to Venessa in the empty road]

Venessa: Okay, Taylor. I’m ready. Just, wherever you are. Can kind of sweep me up or whatever.