Naked Singularity is a 2021 comedy drama, directed by Chase Palmer in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Palmer and David Matthews. It is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Sergio De La Pava.
It tells the story of Casi (John Boyega), a promising young NYC public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack under the daily injustices of the very justice system he’s trying to make right. Doubting all he has worked for and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him, he is pulled into a dangerous high-stakes drug heist by an unpredictable former client (Olivia Cooke) in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game
The full cast includes John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Linda Lavin, and Tim Blake Nelson. The film had its world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival, on April 9th, 2021.
Naked Singularity is set to hit select theaters August 6th, with a VOD release a week later on August 13th. Watch the official trailer below.