Outlaw King
Chris Pine fight back for Scotland ( and his own personal revenge ) as Robert the Bruce in the first trailer for David Mackenzie ’s historical war epic , Outlaw King . The Netflix film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and dish up as the event ’s initiative night screening .
Set against the backdrop of 14th C Scotland , Outlaw Kingdramatizes the straight story of how Robert cash in one’s chips from being a nobleman to becoming an outlaw and leading a insurrection against King Edward I ( Stephen Dillane ) during England ’s business of his country . This is the first characteristic film that Mackenzie has made since he release the Best Picture Oscar nominated neo - westernHell or High Water(which also asterisk Pine ) , two years ago . Pine is joined in the cast here by such names as Aaron Taylor - Johnson ( Nocturnal Animals ) , Florence Pugh ( Lady Macbeth ) , Alastair Mackenzie ( Wolf Hall ) , and Billy Howle ( Dunkirk ) as the Prince of Wales .
Related : Alfonso Cuarón ’s Netflix Film Roma Gets a Trailer
TIFF Director and CEO Piers Handling has confirmed thatOutlaw Kingwill serve as this year ’s TIFF opening night offering in an official statement that draw the film as being"a powerful news report that is copious in dramatic event , fervour , romance , and adventure ” . David Mackenzie , in his own affirmation regarding the news , refers toOutlaw Kingas being a"realistic epic"and expresses his joy that it will be the first Scotch production to even open Toronto ’s annual international film festival . you may watch Netflix ’s official drone for the movie in the quad above .
illegalise Kingis one of several possible awards time of year hopeful cinema slat to either make their world premiere and/or screen during this year ’s TIFF . Netflix in exceptional is bringing a couple of original feature to the event , admit both Mackenzie ’s war epic ( which was filmed on - location in Scotland ) and Paul Greengrass ' true taradiddle terrorism fire dramatic event - thriller22 July . Other noteworthy rubric that will be showing at the festival this year include Peter Farrelly ’s spectacular feature debutGreen Bookand Joel Edgerton ’s adaptation of Garrard Conley ’s acclaimed memoir , Boy Erased .
Judging by the trailer alone , Outlaw Kingshould get this year ’s TIFF started on a high note . The film appears to boast some imposingly staged and otherwise brutal battlefield sequences , in combination with some beautifully photographed visuals captured byThe Hurt LockerandCaptain Phillipscinematographer Barry Ackroyd . Pine ( and his beard)likewise seems to have brought his represent A - game to the table here , with Mackenzie in similar top - form working behind the camera from a script that he cowrote with a squad that includesDawn of the Planet of the Apeswriter Mark Bomback . Suffice it to say , this is one to keep an centre out for , come November .
MORE:2018 Fall Movie Preview: The 30 Films to See
generator : Netflix
