Vertical has launched the trailer for Winner, a darkish comedy biopic starring Emilia Jones (Locke and Key) because the titular American whistleblower and former Nationwide Safety Company contractor Actuality Winner.
Primarily based on a real story, the upcoming movie — directed by Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) — goals to provide a brand new tackle Reality Winner’s story, following HBO’s 2023 Sydney Sweeney-led Actuality.
Winner is ready to hit theaters on September 13, 2024. Along with directing, Fogel additionally wrote the movie alongside Kerry Howley.
What occurs within the Winner Trailer?
The trailer introduces Actuality’s earlier years rising up in Texas in addition to her time working with the U.S. Air Drive which led to her working for the NSA. The trailer additionally teases that the upcoming film will spotlight the results of Actuality Winner’s determination to leak paperwork concerning the Russian authorities’s plan to intrude within the 2016 United States elections.
You possibly can watch the trailer down under (watch more trailers):
The official synopsis for Winner reads as follows:
“Actuality Winner is a superb younger misfit from a Texas border city who loves her pink gun virtually as a lot as serving to others. After educating herself Arabic in highschool so she might be of service within the Center East, Actuality is recruited by the Air Drive however shortly turns into disillusioned when she finds her morals challenged. After transitioning to a cash gig as an NSA contractor, Actuality stumbles upon authorities secrets and techniques concerning Russia’s election hacking throughout the 2016 Presidential marketing campaign. Does she expose the reality or hold quiet? In the end, she decides to leak the reality resulting in her trial and historic sentencing for espionage.”
Aside from Jones as Actuality Winner, the forthcoming biopic additionally stars Connie Britton as Billie Winner, Danny Ramirez as Andre, Kathryn Newton as Brittany Winner, and Zach Galifianakis as Ron Winner.
Winner hits choose theaters and On Demand on September 13.
