Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures has revealed the official trailer and poster for Nickel Boys, based on the Colson Whitehead novel. The film will open in select theaters on October 25, 2024.
The drama is rated PG-13 for thematic material involving racism, some strong language including racial slurs, violent content, and smoking.
In Nickel Boys, Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South.
He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview.
Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appears worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.
RaMell Ross directed the film from a script by Ross and Joslyn Barnes. Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star.
The producers include Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, and Joslyn Barnes. Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, and Chadwick Prichard are the executive producers.
Alex Somers and Scott Alario provided the music for the film, which is a Plan B Entertainment, Anonymous Content, and Louverture Films production.
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