Overview

• Critics on social media and in trade coverage describe the adaptation as brutal, harrowing, and emotionally wrenching, with particular praise for Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson.
• Lionsgate plans a September 12 theatrical release in the U.S. and U.K., with the final runtime listed at 108 minutes.
• The film is rated R for strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, and sexual references.
• Francis Lawrence directs from JT Mollner’s screenplay, with an ensemble that includes Mark Hamill as The Major, plus Judy Greer, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Tut Nyuot, and Garrett Wareing.
• Collider announced an August 26 advance screening in Los Angeles that will record audience reactions for promotional use.