Director Steve McQueen
Genre Crime | Drama | Thriller
Cast Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo
Rating R
Release Date November 16th, 2018
“Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.”
From director Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave), Widows is a crime thriller about four women who all lose their husbands and find themselves in the same situation- badly in-debt to some extremely dangerous people. Having only their current circumstances in common, these four women must risk it all to redeem their livelihoods. The cast includes Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, and Daniel Kaluuya. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Widows:
Steve McQueen's first film as a director since his Academy-Award winning film 12 Years a Slave (2013).
The film is based on the 1985 British series.
Liam Neeson and Colin Farrell are both Irish actors and are working together for the first time. They were both runners for James Bond which eventually went to Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.