Two brothers try to pull off a heist during one of the biggest NASCAR races of the year in the first trailer forLogan Lucky, which has been set for release on August 18. Channing Tatum andAdam Driverlead an all-star cast in this dark comedy, which marks the return to the director’s chair for Steven Soderbergh, his first movie since 2013’sSide Effectsafter he had previously hinted at “retiring” as a feature filmmaker. If the new trailer wasn’t enough for you, Bleecker Street has also released the first poster forLogan Luckyas well.
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver) set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The ensemble cast is simply loaded with talent, with stars such as Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterson, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quaid, Hilary Swank and Daniel Craig rounding out the cast. While not much is revealed about the other characters in this trailer, we do get to see that Daniel Craig plays a unique character named Joe Bang, who the brothers come to for help in breaking into the raceway’s vault.
Steven Soderbergh directs from a screenplay by Rebecca Blunt, which marks her feature writing debut. Channing Tatum also serves as a producer with his longtime writing and producing partner Reid Carolin, and theirMagic Mike XXLdirector Gregory Jacobs and Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad) also producing. This trailer and poster debut comes just after the actual Coca-Cola 600 was run over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, with Channing Tatum himself serving as grand marshal for theNASCAR race. It isn’t clear if any actual NASCAR racers will be appearing as themselves in this movie or not.
While this movie marksSteven Soderbergh’s return to the big screen, he has certainly been keeping busy with other endeavors over the past four years. The filmmaker directed all 20 episodes ofThe Knickfor Cinemax, and he also served as director of photography onMagic Mike XXLand all ofThe Knickepisodes, while also directing and serving as DP on the TV movieMosaic. He also serves as his own DP onLogan Luckyas well, and he has served as an executive producer on other TV shows such as Amazon’sRed Oaks, Starz’sThe Girlfriend Experienceand the upcoming movieOcean’s Eight, a spin-off of hisOcean’s Eleventrilogy featuring an all-female cast.
Bleecker Streethas set an August 18 release date forLogan Lucky, which puts it up against the Lionsgate action-comedyThe Hitman’s Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson. It will also come a week afterAnnabelle Creation,The Glass CastleandThe Nut Job 2: Nutty By Natureon August 11 and a week beforeAll Saints,Birth of the Dragon,PolaroidandTulip Feveron August 25. Take a look at the first trailer and poster forLogan Luckybelow.
