Widows

Release Date: Friday, November 16, 2018 Nationwide

Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez, Colin Farrell, Viola Davis, Jon Bernthal, Robert Duvall, Elizabeth Debicki, Jacki Weaver, Steve McQueen, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Cynthia Erivo, Carrie Coon, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Gillian Flynn

Four women who team up to complete a heist.

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Four women who team up to complete a heist.

Plot

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Plot
From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (OscarĀ® winner Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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The film's director Steve McQueen last directed Occupied City and 12 Years a Slave. The film's writer Steve McQueen last wrote 12 Years a Slave and Shame.

Producers
Iain Canning
Steve McQueen
Emile Sherman

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for violence, language throughout, and some sexual content/nudity
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Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • The film adaptation will be contemporary and set in a U.S. city. The script calls for four female leads: two black, one white and one Latina (Hollywood Reporter, 9/27/16).
  • Based on the 1980s British TV series written by Lynda La Plante.

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Production

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Pre-Production

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Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

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Widows was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, November 16, 2018 . There were 18 other movies released on the same date, including Green Book, Instant Family and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.



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  • Set the MPAA rating to R for violence, language throughout, and some sexual content/nudity

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