Neon has dropped a new trailer for Paper Tiger, the upcoming crime drama from James Gray (Armageddon Time), which stars Adam Driver (Megalopolis), Scarlett Johansson (The Exorcist: Martyrs), and Miles Teller (Michael) and follows a suburban American family that becomes entangled with the Russian mob. Looks intense. I can’t wait.
In New York City in 1986, two brothers (Adam Driver and Miles Teller) think they have stumbled upon a business opportunity that will change their lives, only to discover they’ve inadvertently gotten into bed with the Russian mob and are now saddled with a crushing debt they can never repay.
James Gray directs from his own screenplay. Neon scooped up the film just before it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. It will be released in select theaters on November 13, before expanding to a wide release on November 20.
Our own Chris Bumbray caught Paper Tiger at Cannes and loved it, even considering it one of his favourites of the whole festival.
“Paper Tiger is a truly affecting mix of family drama and crime thriller, with the tension ramped up so high at times I was digging my nails into the armrests of my seat,” he wrote. “But the best of all is Adam Driver, who brilliantly plays the kind of role someone like Al Pacino would have played in his prime. A swaggering gadfly of an ex-cop, he’s loved by everyone, and his charisma and connections are exactly what make him so attractive to the mob. But he’s so honest that being under the thumb of the mob is something he can’t fathom. At the same time, a generation of dealing with the Italian mafia has given him the mistaken impression that he knows how to deal with organized crime, only to realize too late how far their reach is and the depths they’ll go to.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.
What did you think of the new trailer for James Gray’s Paper Tiger? Will you be watching?