Tensions rise in a small town in the teaser trailer for A24 movie Eddington from writer-director Ari Aster.
Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler star in the contemporary Western feature that premieres next month at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to releasing the trailer, A24 announced Monday that the movie is set to hit theaters nationwide July 18.
Eddington centers on conflict between the mayor (Phoenix) and sheriff (Pascal) of the small town of Eddington, New Mexico. Rounding out the cast are Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka and Amélie Hoeferle.
“If you value your life, you should think twice because the people at Eddington like guns,” Phoenix says sternly in the disorienting trailer.
At a later point, Butler says, “Your pain is not a coincidence. You are not a coincidence. We are not a coincidence.”
Aster and Lars Knudsen produce for the banner Square Peg. A24 has released all three of Aster’s previous feature films, beginning with Hereditary (2018) and continuing with Midsommar (2019) and Beau Is Afraid (2023), with the latter starring Phoenix. Eddington marks the sixth collaboration between A24 and Square Peg.
Phoenix starred in last year’s Joker: Folie à Deux. Pascal recently appeared in Gladiator II and has Materialists and The Fantastic Four: First Steps hitting theaters this summer. Stone can be seen later this year in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia after starring in his 2024 feature Kinds of Kindness. Butler’s recent credits include Dune: Part Two and Masters of the Air, with Caught Stealing debuting later this year.
