‘Vengeance’ Trailer: B.J. Novak Satirizes the True Crime Podcast World
23.05.2022 - 18:03
/ variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorFocus Features has released the first trailer for “Vengeance,” the upcoming directorial debut from “The Office” star B.J. Novak.Novak stars in the film as Ben Manalowitz, a successful but conceited radio host from New York who flies to Texas for the funeral of Abilene, a girl he hooked up with a few times, after her family mistakenly believes he was her boyfriend. While in town, Ben is taken under the wing of Abilene’s brother Ty (Boyd Holbrock), who reveals to him that he believes Abilene was murdered, rather than dying from an opioid overdose.Although Ben doesn’t believe Ty’s theory, he agrees to help investigate the murder and produce a podcast about their findings.
Without Ty’s knowledge, however, he actually intends to frame the podcast as a story about how people latch on to conspiracy theories in order to avoid facing reality. The trailer shows the ensuing investigation into Abilene’s death, while emphasizing the culture clash between the two very different men. “The two of us are going to avenge her death,” Holbrock tells Novak in the trailer.
“So as a personal boundary, I don’t avenge deaths,” Novak replies.In addition to Novak and Holbrock, “Vengeance” also stars Dove Cameron as Ty’s sister and Issa Rae as Ben’s boss. Ashton Kutcher, J. Smith-Cameron, Isabella Amara and Lio Tipton round out the ensemble cast.
Along with directing, Novak also penned the script. Jason Blum produces the film for Blumhouse Productions, while Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks produce for Divide/Conquer. Focus Features distributes the film.Talking with Variety about the trailer release and the film which is set to be released on July 29, Novak said, “It’s so easy to misinterpret our connections these days, and
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