Annapurna Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for Oscar-winningThe Hurt LockerandZero Dark ThirtyfilmmakerKathryn Bigelow’s highly anticipated new film, now titledDetroit. Scripted byMark Boal(The Hurt Locker), the crime drama is set against the backdrop of the Detroit riots of 1967, which were initiated by a police raid of an unlicensed bar in the city’s Near West Side. The confrontations turned violent, resulting in the deaths of 39 people and leaving hundreds wounded as the riots lasted for five days.
Bigelow’s film looks to take a vignette approach, telling a variety of different stories set in and around the riots as told through various points of view.John Boyega, however, is clearly the film’s protagonist, a black police officer working alongside a predominantly white department, putting him in a very tough position. This trailer is solid, and it marks the first trailer created by Annapurna Pictures as the production company behind films likeThe Master,Foxcatcher, andSpring Breakersis usingDetroitto debut its brand new marketing and distribution arm.
Bigelow is a tremendous filmmaker with a particular penchant for holding tension, andDetroitlooks to see her expanding her canvas in interesting ways. WhileThe Hurt LockerandZero Dark Thirtyfeel like chapters of the same book,Detroitis a very different kind of socio-political drama and I’m incredibly eager to see what her and Boal have put together this time around. So far, so good.
Check out theDetroittrailer below. The ensemble cast also includesChris Chalk,Nathan Davis Jr.,Kaitlyn Dever,Austin Hébert,Joseph David-Jones,Malcolm David Kelley,John Krasinski,Jacob Latimore,Anthony Mackie,Jason Mitchell,Hannah Murray,Ben O’Toole,Will Poulter,Jack Reynor,Algee Smith,Peyton Alex Smith,Jeremy Strong,Ephraim Sykes, andLeon Thomas III.Detroitopens in theaters on August 4th.
Here’s the official synopsis forDetroit:
From the Academy Award winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of ‘67.
