Showtime has unveiled the official trailer for The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the final film written and directed by the late Academy Award winner William Friedkin, which adapts a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from Herman Wouk.
Starring Jason Clarke (Oppenheimer), Jake Lacy (The White Lotus) and Kiefer Sutherland (24), the film recently world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and will premiere on streaming and VOD for all Showtime and Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers on Friday, October 6, before making its on-air debut on Showtime on Sunday, October 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Pic’s set to premiere on Paramount+ in all international markets where the streaming service is currently live, including the UK, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia, France, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and South Korea.
Previously brought to the big screen by Columbia Pictures in 1954, with Humphrey Bogart starring, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial tells the story of Barney Greenwald (Clarke), a skeptical naval lawyer who, at the start of a naval court-martial, reluctantly agrees to defend Lt. Steve Maryk (Lacy), a first officer of the Navy who took control of the U.S.S. Caine from its domineering captain Lt. Philip Francis Queeg (Sutherland) during a violent sea storm in unfriendly waters. As the trial progresses, Greenwald becomes increasingly concerned and questions if the events aboard the Caine were deemed a true mutiny or simply the courageous acts of a group of sailors who did not trust their unstable leader.
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Also starring are Monica Raymund (Chicago Fire), Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Jay Duplass (Transparent), Tom Riley (The Nevers) and Lance Reddick (John Wick franchise). A Republic Pictures feature completed prior to Friedkin’s passing, the film is produced by Annabelle Dunne (Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold) and Matt Parker (Beasts of the Southern Wild). Michael Salven (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) and Mike Upton (John Wick) served as executive producers, and Paramount Global Content Distribution is the distributor.
A Hollywood legend known for such iconic films as The French Connection and The Exorcist, Friedkin died from heart failure and pneumonia at his Bel Air home on August 7th. He was 87. View the trailer for his final filmmaking effort above.
