Jeff Nichols revved again into filmmaking with the star-studded motorcycle-centric drama “The Bikeriders.”
The critically acclaimed Sixties-set movie stars Austin Butler as Benny, a rising chief in biker gang the Vandals who works alongside his mentor Johnny (Tom Hardy). But when Benny begins courting Kathy (Jodie Comer), his allegiance to the Vandals wavers. Kathy recounts the Vandals’ evolution over the course of a decade, starting as an area membership of outsiders and later turning right into a harmful crime-driven nationwide effort. Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook, and Norman Reedus additionally star.
The core trio that star in Nichols‘ “The Bikeriders” convey to life the images in Danny Lyon’s iconic e-book. Nichols‘ authentic screenplay is now obtainable to view on-line, as unique to IndieWire.
Learn the “The Bikeriders” screenplay right here.
“The Bikeriders” marks Nichols’ first movie in eight years since 2016’s “Loving.” The function kicked off the Telluride Movie Pageant when it was nonetheless set to be launched December 1, 2023 by New Regency and twentieth Century. The movie was pulled from the studios’ launch calendars as a result of SAG-AFTRA strike. “The Bikeriders” later was bought to Focus Options, and landed a brand new launch date in June 2024, greater than six months after its preliminary slated theatrical run.
Butler previously gushed over “The Bikeriders” co-star Hardy, evaluating the actor to Marlon Brando.
Nichols instructed IndieWire that the ensemble solid would improvise blocking on set to provide the script an additional pop. Nichols chosen Butler for the lead half after viewing “Elvis”; Butler later credited the indie movie “The Bikeriders” for serving as a palette cleanser between his big-budget blockbuster breakouts.
“After the spectacle of ‘Elvis’ and ‘Dune,’ and these characters that had been fairly totally different from me, to have the ability to go to one thing the place — there’s an intimate sensitivity to ‘The Bikeriders,’” Butler instructed Interview journal. “It’s the roaring engines and the scent of grease that we obtained to be round. It was good to go to one thing that felt extra impartial and play in that area for a bit.”
Butler added, “To get to experience bikes via Cincinnati, via these cornfields, it was simply wonderful. You understand what that looks like, the place the wind is in your hair. You’re feeling such as you’re mainlining God.”
Learn the “The Bikeriders” screenplay right here.
“The Bikeriders” is now streaming on Peacock.