Widows
Fox has released a new poke for12 Years a Slavedirector Steve McQueen ’s upcoming striking crime thriller , Widows . The movie will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September , as part of the studio apartment ’s sweat to raise up awards season bombilation ahead of the film ’s domestic theatrical spillage in November .
Widowsis an Americanized cinema adaptation of the 1983 UK TV miniseries ( create by Lynda La Plante ) that swaps in forward-looking - sidereal day Chicago for the scene , but carries over the broader strokes of the original program ’s narration . It ’s also the first picture that McQueen has mastermind since12 Years a Slavetook home 2014 ’s Best Picture Oscar , as well as the second film co - write bySharp Objectsauthor Gillian Flynn , after she adapt her own novel for David Fincher ’s acclaimedGone Girlmovie . Betweenthe firstWidowstrailerand this young theatrical preview , the film proceed to look as intense as one might ’ve carry , based on its creatives ' old work .
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On the acting side of things , Oscar - winner Viola Davis lead the charge inWidowsas Veronica , a char whose married man ( Liam Neeson ) makes his living in Chicago ’s criminal underbelly . However , when a job goes wrong , the latter is killed with his men and Veronica is left with a ponderous debt to pay to his employers . Surprising even herself , Veronica decides to take control of her own destiny by joining forces with the three women ( Michelle Rodriguez , Cynthia Erivo , Elizabeth Debicki ) who were married to the other men in her former husband ’s crowd , and carrying out a job herself . For more on that , watch the newWidowstrailer in the blank above .
With the firstWidowstrailer having already introduced the motion-picture show ’s unlike player and basic premiss , this new preview dive a piddling deep into the characters themselves and the nitty - gritty detail of their criminal operation . The trailer further highlights the all - star ensemble cast that McQueen has assembled aroundWidows ' spectacular power station leads ( including , rising talent Erivo , who also costars in this fall’sBad Times at the El Royale ) . In addition to Neeson , that roll include Colin Farrell , Robert Duvall , and Jon Bernthal , as well asAtlanta ’s Brian Tyree Henry , The Leftovers ' Carrie Coon and Daniel Kaluuya ofGet OutandBlack Pantherfame .
Judging by its trailer footage , Widowsshould have lilliputian trouble go away toe to toe with its competitor this awards season . It ’s one of several Oscar hopefuls that will have its world premiere at this year ’s TIFF , alongside more purely spectacular title like Bradley Cooper’sA Star is Bornremake , as well as Felix Van Groeningen’sBeautiful Boy , and Barry Jenkins’If Beale Street Could Talkadaptations . However thing shake out on that conclusion , Widowsis one of this nightfall ’s most exciting sacking and may yet show to be one of 2018 ’s full genre films , the way things are going .
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Source:20th Century Fox
