Is the Wild Horse Nine trailer the first 2027 Oscar contender?
Though its not yet Easter and we’ve only just had the Oscars here’s a first glimpse at what must be an Oscars 2027 contender with the release of the Wild Horse Nine trailer. Now the reason why we say that is the film has been written and directed by Oscar winner Martin McDonagh who gave us In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and most recently, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’. Also the September to Christmas window is when the potential award winners are released often first glimpsed at the Toronto and Venice Films festivals
The story of the Wild Horse Nine trailer
The film is set shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island’s iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’s newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
Behind the scenes…
WILD HORSE NINE stars two-time Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (Places in the Heart, In the Line of Fire), Academy Award® winner Sam Rockwell (‘Fosse/Verdon,’ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Vice), Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Ghost World), Mariana Di Girólamo (Ema, Kill the Jockey), Ailín Salas (El Secreto, ‘Monzón’), with Tom Waits (Seven Psychopaths), and Parker Posey (‘The White Lotus’). With a screenplay by McDonagh, the film reunites the writer-director with Searchlight Pictures, Blueprint Pictures and Film4, following their collaboration on 9-time Academy Award®-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin.
Wild Horse Nine is released in cinemas on 6th November 2026
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Here’s the trailer……
