Movies: Left With Nothing, “Widows” Become Capable Of Anything

Colin Farrell in Widows

Based on the popular U.K. television series of the same name, created by Lynda La Plante,  “Widows” is directed, co-written and produced by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, whose 12 Years a Slave won the 2013 Academy Award® for Best Picture.

Movies: “Widows” Sneak Previews On November 26 And 27

20th Century Fox’s “Widows” will have sneak previews nationwide on November 26 and 27.   The intense heist movie starring a staggering , impressive cast composed of Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Jon Bernthal, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garrett Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Liam Neeson puts women at the core of this gripping crime caper set in a ruthless reality.

The filmmakers assembled an impressive cast of actors for the film. Director/writer McQueen says it was very important to make his cast feel comfortable and at-home, so to speak.  “It’s very simple: they’re all great actors and you need to create an environment in which they feel safe to experiment and explore. That’s what I hope I provide actors, a safe space to fall on their faces, brush themselves off and try again in search of some kind of truth.”

Currently enjoying rave reviews from early previews, “Widows” brings together female major leads playing bereaved women when a police shootout leaves their husbands dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows -- Veronica, Linda and Alice -- have nothing in common except a debt they left behind from criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, Veronica joins forces with the other widows to pull off a heist that her husband was planning.

Opening soon across Philippine cinemas, “Widows” opens December 5, rated R-16 by the MTRCB.

Movies: On December 5 In Cinemas: Watch “Widows” Become Heist Masters

Elizabeth Debicki in Widows

“Widows” takes the audience into the ruthless criminal world where the most vulnerable and overlooked people were women, deemed incapable of anything other than being judged by their appearances.  But in “Widows,” these women took on challenges against their stereotype and transformed themselves into more than capable forces, determined to take their destinies into their own hands.

Four women from different racial, social and financial backgrounds came together in “Widows” for  a common goal, they understood that by working together they were capable of anything. Directed by Steve McQueen (also as co-writer) and written by renowned screenwriter Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), “Widows” brings together an impressive cast of great actors - Academy Award-winner actress Viola Davis, Fast and the Furious’ Michelle Rodriguez, fast-rising Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki and Tony, Emmy & Grammy award-winner Cynthia Erivo along with Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal and Robert Duvall.

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Facing front- CynthiaErivo and Michelle Rodriguesz in Widows

Academy Award winner filmmaker Steve McQueen and writer Gillian Flynn (author of Gone  Girl) team up to give the audience a gripping intense action thriller in “Widows” starring a heavyweight cast – Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya and Brian Tyree Henry.

20th Century Fox has just released its official trailer in 20thcenturyfoxph - Youtube and 20th Century Fox PH - Facebook

Four women take matters into their own hands when their husbands unexpectedly perished with unfinished criminal activities in “Widows”.  Hunted by their late husbands’ client who pressed on the responsibility of paying the debt their husbands left, the characters of Davis, Rodriguez, Debicki and Erivo join forces to outwit the crime lords preying on them and move on with their own terms. 

Writers Guild of America nominee Gillian Flynn pens a script with Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave), who also directs “Widows”.

Liam Neeson & Viola Davis in Widows

Buckle up for a stirring brain and brawn thriller in cinemas when “Widows” opens December 5 in PH theaters nationwide.