Trailer for THE BIKERIDERS Starring Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer and Michael Shannon
20th Century Studios has released the first trailer for writer and director Jeff Nichols’ (Midnight Special, Mud) upcoming film The Bikeriders, which boasts an impressive cast. The film stars Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook, and Norman Reedus, and it’s set in the 1960s and follows a decade in the lives of a motorcycle club. It looks like a great flick!
The Bikeriders is a “furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Inspired by Danny Lyon’s iconic book of photography, The Bikeriders immerses you in the look, feel, and sounds of the bare-knuckled, grease-covered subculture of ’60s motorcycle riders. Kathy (Comer), a strong-willed member of the Vandals who’s married to a wild, reckless bikerider named Benny (Butler), recounts the Vandals’ evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders united by good times, rumbling bikes, and respect for their strong, steady leader Johnny (Hardy). Over the years, Kathy tries her best to navigate her husband’s untamed nature and his allegiance to Johnny, with whom she feels she must compete for Benny’s attention. As life in the Vandals gets more dangerous, and the club threatens to become a more sinister gang, Kathy, Benny and Johnny are forced to make choices about their loyalty to the club and to each other.”
As for what people are saying about the film “Sheri Linden of the Hollywood Reporter comments ‘From beginning to end, the visual beauty of the film pays tribute to the source material….’ The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood writes, ‘Nichols has crafted a highly entertaining period piece on a legendary biker club that is at times sexy, funny, and filled with fisticuffs.’ Matt Neglia, reporting for Next Best Picture, offers, ‘The Bikeriders is an evocative and masculine piece of storytelling.’ Deadline’s Pete Hammond wrote, ‘This ensemble cast is superb all around,’ in describing the performances led by Jodie Comer.”
It’s also explained that most of the cast did their own riding on an array of period-correct bikes. The Bikeriders opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st.