A24 has released a new trailer for their highly anticipated drama Civil War from acclaimed writer and director Alex Garland.
The filmmaker behind hits like “28 Days Later,” “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation” is the writer and director of this dystopian drama in which multiple territories have seceded from America.
The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno and Nelson Lee. Recently, rumors of a three-hour running time were dispelled.
A24 will release the film on April 12, a date that has great historical significance in the context of the real Civil War.
It was on April 12, 1861, when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in what many historians consider to be the start of the Civil War.
A24 has released a new trailer for their highly anticipated drama Civil War from acclaimed writer and director Alex Garland. Kirsten Dunst in the picture
The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno and Nelson Lee
A24 will release the film on April 12, a date that has great historical significance in the context of the real Civil War
The trailer begins with the President of the United States (Offerman) addressing the country and the apostates.
“Citizens of America, people of the Florida Alliance, and the Western forces of Texas and California,” he begins, as we see footage of citizens at war.
He adds that they will be “welcomed to these United States once their illegal secessionist is deposed,” as we see Dunst’s character, a journalist.
Wagner Moura's character says to a sniper and his scout, “They don't know which side they're fighting for,” but the scout has an answer.
“Someone's trying to kill us.” “We're trying to kill them,” he says as the sniper fires a shot as a photographer (Cailee Spaeny) looks on.
The trailer continues with more random shots of this war-torn country, including a shot of Dunst and Spaeny sitting together in the stands of a soccer stadium as the field is now filled with tents.
Parts of the trailer show someone whistling “America the Beautiful” as this war continues, while we see footage of a military convoy driving down a road with helicopter escort.
Meanwhile, mortar shells are being used on the rooftops of the city while Moura, Dunst and Spaeny all try to relax in a camp and let off steam with alcohol and cigarettes.
Wagner Moura's character says to a sniper and his scout, “They don't know which side they're fighting for,” but the scout has an answer
The trailer continues with more random shots of this war-torn country, including a shot of Dunst and Spaeny sitting together in the stands of a soccer stadium as the field is now filled with tents
Meanwhile, mortar shells are being used on the rooftops of the city while Moura, Dunst and Spaeny all try to relax in a camp and let off steam with alcohol and cigarettes
Another shot shows Spaeny screaming in fear in a vehicle, although it is unclear what she is actually reacting to.
The trailer escalates with tanks on the street and gunfire before a final dramatic shot: a missile is fired at the Lincoln Memorial, destroying it.
Garland said in an interview that the film is “set at an unspecified point in the future – just far enough in the future to add a conceit – and serves as a science fiction allegory for our current polarized predicament.”
It was also announced that Civil War has become A24's most expensive film to date, with a budget of $50 million.