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Steve McQueen’s Wid­ows gets a pul­sat­ing first trailer

04 Jun 2018

Words by Adam Woodward

A serious-looking Black woman with a stern expression, wearing a dark top, against a wooden background.
A serious-looking Black woman with a stern expression, wearing a dark top, against a wooden background.
Vio­la Davis and Michelle Rodriguez head up an all-star cast in the director’s female-dri­ven heist thriller.

It feels like an age since the last time Steve McQueen had a new film out. Thank­ful­ly, we don’t have to wait too much longer for the British writer/director’s hot­ly-antic­i­pat­ed fourth fea­ture, Wid­ows.

Penned by McQueen and Gone Girl screen­writer Gillian Fly­nn, the film is set in present-day Chica­go and fol­lows four women who are brought togeth­er fol­low­ing their dead hus­bands’ failed heist attempt. After a peri­od of griev­ing, they decide to fin­ish the job their fel­las start­ed and, judg­ing by this first-look trail­er, all hell breaks loose.

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Along­side Vio­la Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Eliz­a­beth Debic­ki and Cyn­thia Eri­vo in the lead roles, McQueen’s fol­low-up to his Oscar-sweep­ing 2013 dra­ma 12 Years a Slave boasts an extra­or­di­nary sup­port­ing cast of Col­in Far­rell, Daniel Kalu­uya, Gar­ret Dil­lahunt, Car­rie Coon, Jac­ki Weaver, Jon Bern­thal, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson.

The film is sched­uled for release on 9 Novem­ber, 2018. Check out the first trail­er below and share your thoughts with us @LWLies

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