THE DUEL Trailer: Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth Battle It Out in The Old West
It was less than a week ago that I was writing about how the western genre seems to be experiencing a bit of a resurgence, and now that trend continues as another western film heads our way. Entertainment Weekly has the first trailer and poster for The Duel, which sees Hunger Games stars Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson go from allies to enemies.
THE DUEL stars Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before he loses everything to the mysterious town.
The film hails from Triple 9 writer Matt Cook and director Kieran Darcy-Smith, who's part of the Blue Tongue Films collective along with Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser (Hesher), David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Mirrah Foulkes, and Luke Doolan. Darcy-Smith previously directed the 2012 movie Wish You Were Here.
There appears to be some supernatural elements at play with Harrelson's character's control over the ranger's wife, so that might make this a little different than your standard western. The way the trailer reveals that Harrelson is the man who killed Hemsworth's father fell flat for me, so we'll have to see if it all works in context when The Duel hits theaters and On Demand platforms on June 24th.