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Check out the ace first trail­er for Daniel Clowes’ Wilson

04 Nov 2016

Words by Rebecca Speare-Cole

Woody Har­rel­son gets sweary as the can­tan­ker­ous star of Craig Johnson’s upcom­ing comedy.

The first offi­cial trail­er for Wil­son is work­ing up the antic­i­pa­tion for the film’s release next March rather nice­ly. Per­haps the most excit­ing and intrigu­ing thing about this adap­ta­tion of David Clowes’ acclaimed satir­i­cal graph­ic nov­el it that direc­tor Craig John­son has cast Woody Har­rel­son in the title role, with Lau­ra Dern co-star­ring as Wilson’s estranged wife.

This ear­ly first look offers a tan­ta­lis­ing glimpse of Har­rel­son as the neu­rot­ic, uncouth pro­tag­o­nist, as he attempts to con­nect with his teenage daugh­ter for the first time. From the get-go, Har­rel­son turns the air blue, whether both­er­ing kids on the bus or pro­vok­ing a busi­ness man on the train, he man­ages to hilar­i­ous­ly draw atten­tion to the mun­dane futil­i­ty of oth­er people’s lives.

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Har­rel­son is set to play anoth­er cranky mid­dle-aged man in The Edge of Sev­en­teen, but there’s some­thing espe­cial­ly promis­ing about the prospect of him inhab­it­ing such a char­ac­ter for a lead role. It’s not just excit­ing new for Woody Har­rel­son fans, either. From the looks of this uproar­i­ous trail­er, Wil­son has all the right ingre­di­ents to kick­start a new trend for alter­na­tive graph­ic nov­el adap­ta­tions. Watch the trail­er above and share your thoughts with us @LWLies

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