Netflix's 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Finally Gets Trailer with Star-Studded Cast - Watch Now!

When you watch the trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming drama, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” it’s clear that the film takes place in the ‘60s, with its era-appropriate costumes and politics. The film is obviously about the real trial of a group of people that were accused of conspiracy after protests surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritish soul singer Celeste has dropped the video for her new single “Hear My Voice,” via Interscope Records.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith more than two dozen movies releasing a week — the vast majority of them still straight to streaming — we’re narrowing the focus of our curation somewhat, spotlighting those of sufficiently high profile or merit.Audiences could hardly hope for a more exciting or timely option than “The Trial of the Chicago 7” from “The West Wing’s” Aaron Sorkin, who’s taken audiences to court before (he wrote “A Few Good Men”).

trial of the Chicago 7. The first few minutes provide a whirlwind introduction to all the characters as activists make plans to head for Chicago for the convention — but before they get there, and before the city unleashes its heavily armed police force to stop the peaceful demonstrations, the film suddenly jumps forward to five months after the convention.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIt’s a curious thing that in the movie culture of the last 50 years, you can count on one hand (or maybe one middle finger) the good dramas that have been made about the political counterculture of the 1960s. The turbulence of that era has never stopped casting a shadow over our own.

Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen), Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), Tommy Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp), David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch), John Froines (Daniel Flaherty), and Lee Weiner (Noah Robbins) were the Chicago 7.

The history behind the upcoming film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” doesn’t just include the actual historic events that inspired Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming Netflix film. That drama is crazy enough, of course, but the behind-the-scenes hurdles that Sorkin had to jump to bring the film to fruition more than a decade after he originally began work on it is already legendary.

Despite studios moving films such as Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake out of the calendar year and questions about whether some films will actually hit theaters, there are still new Oscar contenders being revealed for critics and AMPAS members alike. Over the past 48 hours, Netflix virtually screened Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” for select media, and A24 and Apple debuted Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks” at the 2020 New York Film Festival.

This film is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and is based on the infamous 1969 trial that transfixed the US. Seven defendants were charged by the federal government with conspiracy (and more), following the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.With the BLM movement and upcoming presidential election, it’s an extremely timely release for the film.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticA column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit.No sooner had the Emmys ended with a disappointing night Sunday for Netflix after a record-breaking 160 nominations (and 21 wins), the streamer is turning its sights bigly to Oscar season.

Kaleem Aftab At the San Sebastian Film Festival, American screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin talked about the making of his upcoming Netflix original film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” how he always sees himself first and foremost as a playwright and why he is just like a puppy.Speaking via a video link in the Conversations section of the Basque festival’s industry program, Sorkin called himself, “A playwright faking my way through screenplays and teleplays.”He argues that his background

It's protesters versus the police in the trailer for Aaron Sorkin'sThe Trial of the Chicago 7.

Already building buzz, the first trailer for Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin’s real-life legal drama “The Trial Of The Chicago 7” has arrived online.

After an explosive teaser trailer during Sunday Night Football in which Aaron Sorkin declared “the whole world is watching,” Netflix has released a more sentimental and fuller look at the drama of “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” one in which Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman explains what he’s willing to give to keep the revolution going.“How much is this worth to you, what’s your price,” a reporter asks Hoffman in the trailer.

Sacha Baron Cohen says he would give his life for the revolution in the new trailer for The Trial Of The Chicago 7.

Eli Countryman Netflix has just released the first trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”The almost-two-hour-long drama follows the peaceful demonstration at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which denounced American involvement in the Vietnam War, after it was met with force by members of the Chicago Police Department and National Guard.

Social reviews for Aaron Sorkin‘s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” broke last night on Twitter, and the word is mostly positive and good. People have praised the way Sorkin’s movie echoes our current age of protest, rage and dissent and the Sorkinese rat-at-tat patter.

Clayton Davis “The Trial of the Chicago 7” from writer and director Aaron Sorkin, a project that has circled Hollywood for more than a decade, has landed in the awards race.

Clayton Davis Variety has learned that a song from Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” titled “Hear My Voice,” will be submitted for best original song at the 93rd Academy Awards next April. It is performed by Celeste, who co-wrote the song with the film’s composer Daniel Pemberton.