SACHA BARON COHEN as Abbie Hoffman in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
Netflix sets October 16 release date
Today Netflix provided the first look at The Trial of the Chicago 7 from Academy Award winning writer and director Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network).
In a surprise move earlier this month, the film moved over from Paramount Pictures to Netflix as the former then soon picked up Lee Daniels’ The United States vs Billie Holiday.
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest—including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale—were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.
The all-star cast includes: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Academy Award nominee Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne, Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong, Noah Robbins, Danny Flaherty, Ben Shenkman, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Caitlin Fitzgerald, Alice Kremelberg, John Doman, J.C. MacKenzie, Damien Young, Wayne Duvall and C.J. Wilson.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is produced by Marc Platt, Stuart Besser, Matt Jackson and Tyler Thompson and executive produced by Laurie MacDonald, Walter Parkes, Marc Butan, Anthony Katagas, James Rodenhouse, Nia Vazirani.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 will be released globally on Netflix October 16, 2021. See your first look below (click photo to enlarge).
(L to R) SACHA BARON COHEN as Abbie Hoffman, DANNY FLAHERTY as John Froines, EDDIE REDMAYNE as Tom Hayden, JEREMY STRONG as Jerry Rubin, MARK RYLANCE as William Kuntsler (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
(L to R) SACHA BARON COHEN as Abbie Hoffman, JEREMY STRONG as Jerry Rubin(Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
JEREMY STRONG as Jerry Rubin (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
EDDIE REDMAYNE as Tom Hayden (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
(L to R) JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT as Richard Schultz, AARON SORKIN Director/Writer, J.C. MACKENZIE as Thomas Foran (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
(L to R) J.C. MACKENZIE as Thomas Foran and JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT as Richard Schultz (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
JEREMY STRONG as Jerry Rubin (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
(L to R) KELVIN HARRISON JR. as Fred Hampton, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II as Bobby Seale, MARK RYLANCE as William Kuntsler (Niko Tavernise / Netflix)
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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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