Here comes some Americana.
Lionsgate has unveiled trailer for the modern day western starring Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser, which opens August 22.
Tony Tost‘s Americana follows a gallery of dynamic characters as they clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer. Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past.
Halsey, Simon Rex, Eric Dane and Zahn McClarnon star alongside Sweeney.
The movie is produced by BRON Studios and Saks Pictures Company in association with Rhea Films and Hercules Film Fund / Creative Wealth Media. EPs are Aaron L. Gilbert, Steven Thibault, Alison-Jane Roney, Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis, Terry Dougas, and Jean-Luc de Fanti.
The trailer has dropped slap bang in the middle of Cannes.
The movie originally aired at SXSW 2023 and was picked up by Lionsgate several months later.