The chilling first trailer for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming film Civil War is out, and it offers a scary vision of America’s future. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons, and Nick Offerman.
The film’s plot is being kept under wraps, with a new logline only describing it as a “a race to the White House in a near-future America balanced on the razor’s edge” — but the trailer offers some answers about the bleak state of things.
The trailer opens with 19 states in America have seceded, the U.S. army has ramped up activity, and there are mentions of something referred to as the “Western Forces” of California and Texas, as well as the “Florida Alliance.”
The president — played by Nick Offerman — has said an ongoing uprising will be dealt with swiftly. And Kirsten Dunst appears to be leading a team of journalists attempting to get into the U.S. Capitol.
The intense clip is full of harrowing images, but perhaps none more so than a standoff between Wagner Moura’s character and an armed man played by Jesse Plemons.
A24 will release Civil War in theaters and IMAX everywhere April 26, 2024.