Magnolia has released the trailer for an upcpming “bold, no-holds-barred action-thriller” titled 40 Acres. The story is set in the famine-decimated near future where a former soldier and her family struggle to safeguard their farm as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their land.
In the film, “after a plague eradicates all animal life, famine spreads across the globe leaving society at war and in ruins, but the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on their ancestral farm so long as they dispatch the occasional raiding party.
“But what good is surviving the end of the world if it means snuffing out your own humanity? Former soldier Hailey made that choice years ago, believing that isolation was the only way to protect her family. She and her partner Galen fled the collapse along with their children, fenced them off from the world and trained them to fight (and, yes, kill).
“But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel is a young man, and when he meets a young woman in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy.
The movie comes from director R.T. Thorne, who is making their debut feature film. It stars acclaimed actress Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O’Connor, Michael Greyeyes, and Milcania Diaz-Rojas. 40 Acres will be released in theaters on July 2nd.
