The Oscar season is upon us and there seems to be no doubt that Viola Davis will be back in discussion after the release of the second trailer to Widows. The film is directed by Steve McQueen, who is best known for directing the best picture winner, 12 Years A Slave. Widows follows the story of a group of women who are left with a debt amassed by their now-deceased husbands after a heist gone wrong.
The premise of Widows states,
From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. “Widows” is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. “Widows” also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry.
Widows releases this November.
