Netflix has dropped the trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s latest, The Laundromat, a dark comedy starring Meryl Streep.
The film is an adaptation of Jake Bernstein’s non-fiction book “Secrecy World” and follows a group of journalists who uncover the illicit money networks at the heart of the Panama Papers, documents that exposed a huge international system of legal swindling. Companies had been setting up offshore shell companies that allowed them to avoid paying billions in taxes, and the biggest victims, of course, are ordinary citizens with low incomes.
Along with Meryl Streep, the film features a stellar supporting cast including Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, and Matthias Shoenaerts. Scott Z. Burns takes on writing duties for the project.
The film will have its world premiere this week at the Venice Film Festival, before going to the Toronto International Film Festival. It will also have a theatrical run before heading to Netflix.
