Another day and another piece of marketing for Out of the Furnace as Relativity has premiered the first trailer for the upcoming film directed by Crazy Heart helmer Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale as an ex-con bent on avenging the death of his younger brother as soon as he’s released from prison. Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana and Forest Whitaker make up the rest of the impressive cast with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder providing the score.
Here’s the official, studio-provided synopsis:
Russell Baze (Christian Bale) works a dead-end job at the local steel mill, as his terminally ill father did before him. When Russell’s brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so – with nothing left to lose – Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother. Sometimes your battles choose you.
I expect this one to show up in Toronto (the line-up will be announced on July 23), ahead of its limted November 27 release, after which it will go wide on December 6.
Check out the trailer below and find five new pictures from the movie right here.
