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Eddington Movie Release 2025
Be prepared for an over-the-top, wild ride. The controversial Western black comedy movie Eddington will be released in U.S. theaters July 18, 2025. The story delves into the 2020 chaos, fear, and paranoia of the COVID pandemic, government overreach, and violent racial protests that impact on a small town.
Directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone. The movie was produced by A24 and filmed on location in New Mexico. Eddington premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, 2025 provoking a controversial uproar. Critics were widely split over the film which received a seven minute standing ovation from the audience and was nominated for the Palme d’Or Award.
Eddington Trailer
In a New York Times interview, Aster noted of the film’s characters and narrative, “I see the film being about a bunch of people who are very isolated, who are unable to see the bigger world outside themselves. They only see the small world they believe in, and it’s about what happens when those people start colliding with each other, and how that leads to increasingly intense convictions. We end up amplifying each other’s paranoia and fear because there’s nothing in the ether to hold us together anymore, so it’s just me trying to look at it without judging any of these characters.”
Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal
The story is set in May, 2020 during the COVID pandemic in the small town of Eddington, New Mexico. Sheriff Joe Cross, played by Joaquin Phoenix, decides to run for mayor on a no COVID mask platform against Mayor and business entrepreneur Ted Garcia. Played by Pedro Pascal. There is a sorted past between the Mayor and Joe’s wife played by Emma Stone.
Joe resorts to paranoid conspiracy theories, fueled by his wife and mother-in-law, to boost his no-mask campaign. The town becomes divided and violence explodes pitting neighbor against neighbor.
Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, and Austin Butler
Director Ari Aster is highly acclaimed and popular for his ‘art house’ horror and supernatural films. He is known for Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, and Hereditary.
Considered a pre-eminent actor of his generation, Joaquin Phoenix plays Sheriff Joe Cross. He is known for dark, unconventional, and eccentric roles and has received an Oscar, BAFTA, Grammy, Cannes, and two Golden Globe awards. His movies include Gladiator, Signs, Walk the Line, Napoleon, Joker, Her, The Master, and Quills.
Pedro Pascal from Chile is an actor in film, TV, and Broadway who plays Mayor Ted Garcia. He is known for his roles in The Last of Us, Games of Thrones, Narcos, The Great Wall, Kingsmen: The Golden Circle, and Equalizer 2. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe and 3 Emmys
The world’s highest paid and very popular actress of film, TV, and stage, Emma Stone plays Joe’s wife Louise Cross. She has been awarded 2 Oscars, 2 BAFTAs, Venice, 2 Golden Globes, and 3 SAGS. She is known for La La Land, Cruella, The Help, The Curse, Zombieland, Double Tap, Spiderman 2, Battle of the Sexes, Birdman, and The Favourite.
Pedro Pascal
Luke Grimes plays Guy, an officer in the Sherriff’s office. He is best known for his role as Kayce Dutton in the Yellowstone TV show. Among his other roles are The Magnificent Seven, American Sniper, True Blood, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Freed, and Fifty Shades Darker.
Austin Butler, actor of film, TV, and stage, plays the character Vernon Jefferson Peak in the film. He gained much acclaim playing Elvis Presley in the Elvis movie, receiving a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, and was nominated for an Oscar and SAG for the role. He is also known for Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Dune 2, The Carrie Diaries, and The Dead Don’t Die.
Deirdre O’Connell, Tony Award winning actress of stage, film, and TV, plays Dawn the mother of Louise in the film. She is known for Dragonfly, Second Hand Lions, Hearts In Atlantis, City of Angels, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, What Happens In Vegas, The Penguin, and LA Doctors.
Joaquin Phoenix
Michael Ward, a BAFTA winning Jamaican actor, plays a young sheriff trainee. He is known for Empire of Light, Small Axe, The Old Guard, Top Buy, Blue Story, and The A List.
Clifton Collins, Jr., an Emmy nominated actor of film and TV, plays the character Lodge. He is known for Star Trek, Capote, Traffic, Brothers, Nightmare Alley, Westworld, and Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
