The Gates follows three college students -- Derek, Kevin, and Tyon -- 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.

GENRE: Thriller
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 1h 38m
RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2026
STARRING: Mason Gooding, Algee Smith, Keith Powers, James Van Der Beek, Brad Leland
DIRECTOR(S): John Burr
PRODUCER(S): Gary Glushon, Ross Kohn, Nancy Leopardi
WRITER(S): John Burr
STUDIO: Lionsgate