Amazon MGM Studios has revealed the Nickel Boys release date and trailer for RaMell Ross’ upcoming reform school drama. It is based on Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.
“In the film, Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.”
Check out the Nickel Boys trailer below (watch more trailers):
When is the Nickel Boys release date?
Nickel Boys is scheduled to arrive in select theaters on October 25, 2024. Prior to its theatrical release, it first had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival last month. The film is directed by Ross from a screenplay he co-wrote with Joslyn Barnes. The cast will consist of Ethan Herisse as Elwood, Brandon Wilson as Turner, Hamish Linklater as Spencer, Fred Hechinger as Harper, Daveed Diggs as adult Elwood, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Hattie.
The film is executive produced by Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, and Chadwick Prichard, with Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and David Levine serving as producers. It is a production by Plan B Entertainment, Anonymous Content, and Louverture Films.
