A new trailer for Eddington has been released.
Eddington is the forthcoming A24 movie that is written and directed by Ari Aster. A contemporary Western starring Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix, the movie will be released in United States theaters next month.
Check out the new Eddington trailer and poster below (watch more trailers and clips):
What happens in the Eddington trailer?
The Eddington trailer previews tension between Phoenix and Pascal’s characters, as both of them live in a small town in which everyone is angry at their neighbors, largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico,” the official synopsis reads.
The cast of the movie also includes Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Michael Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., Amélie Hoeferle, and William Belleau.
Eddington had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last month. The movie received polarizing reviews from critics; some, like Indiewire’s David Ehrlich, praised its satirical take on COVID and modern times, while others, such The Times’ Kevin Maher, felt that Eddington feels “unsure of what it wants to say.” The film currently has a 65 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes with 49 reviews.
Aster found himself in a similar position when Beau Is Afraid was released in 2023, as that movie also received mixed reviews. Prior to that, Aster directed Hereditary in 2018 and Midsommar in 2019.
“I felt like [Aster] wrote something that was all our worst fears as that lockdown experience was already a fracturing society,” Pascal said of the movie, via IndieWire, at Cannes. This was building toward an untethered sense of reality. There is a point of not going back. I was overwhelmed by that fear, and it’s wonderful that it was confirmed by Ari.”
Eddington will be released in United States theaters on July 18, 2025, from A24.
