LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 — Watch Anne Hathaway try to control a monster in this new trailer for upcoming movie Colossal.

In the film by director Nacho Vigalondo, Hathaway plays a despondent New Yorker who realises that she is able to use her mind to control a giant creature terrorising people in Seoul.

The film also stars Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell and Tim Blake Nelson.

The synopsis of the film reads: "After Gloria (Hathaway) loses her job and is kicked out of her boyfriend’s apartment, she leaves her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realisation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon.

"As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.”

Colossal is set for release on April 7.

Anne Hathaway has a monster problem as can be seen in this screengrab from ‘Colossal’.