Dennis Quaid in Sovereign
Dennis Quaid in Sovereign (Briarcliff Entertainment)

The true crime thriller Sovereign, starring Dennis Quaid, Nick Offerman, and Jacob Tremblay will World Premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival, followed by release on June 20, 2025, by Briarcliff Entertainment.

Written and directed by Christian Swegal, the film also stars Thomas Mann, Martha Plimpton, and Nancy Travis.

Inspired by real events, Sovereign is a tense and provocative true crime thriller about a father and his teenage son — Jerry and Joseph Kane (Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay) — who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system, a deeply anti-establishment worldview rooted in distrust of government authority. As the pair travel across the country delivering self-taught legal seminars and pushing back against systems they believe have failed them, their journey brings them into conflict with Police Chief Jim Bouchart (Dennis Quaid), setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle, and the limits of freedom.

“Sovereign is a timely and captivating story and all of us at Briarcliff are looking forward to working with Christian, Nick, the Concourse team and this stellar cast on what will be a gripping ride for movie audiences,” said Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Briarcliff Entertainment.

Sovereign is produced by Nick Moceri under his All Night Diner banner. Moceri’s previous producing credits include Sitting in Bars With Cake, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (Sundance 2017), and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Sundance 2014).

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