A24 debuted a new official trailer for writer-director Alex Garland’s Civil War, the action film starring Academy Award nominee Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Nick Offerman.

The film stars Kirsten Dunst as a journalist who travels across the United States during the rapidly escalating Second American Civil War, between the American government and the separatist “Western Forces” led by Texas and California.

Release Date

Directed by Alex Garland, Civil War opens in theaters and IMAX everywhere April 12.

Synopsis

A race to the White House in a near-future America balanced on the razor’s edge.

The film depicts a near-future United States where 19 states have seceded from the Union, while much of the rest of the country is ruled by a tyrannical three-term president played by Nick Offerman, who has ordered air strikes against the rebelling forces..

Official Trailer

Watch the official trailer for Civil War