David Gordon Green’s JOE Trailer Starring Nicolas Cage

A new trailer has been released for David Gordon Green‘s upcoming film Joe, which stars Nicolas Cage as an ex-con who develops a friendship with a troubled 15 year-old.  The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and was met with high praise from critics.

Joe will next be screening at SXSW before getting a theatrical and VOD release on April 11th from Roadside Attractions.  Hit the break to check out the new trailer and poster.

A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core. Directed by David Gordon Green, JOE film brings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble – until he meets a hard-luck kid, (MUD’s Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. With a screenplay by Gary Hawkins, JOE is based on the novel by the late Larry Brown (Big Bad Love, Facing the Moon), the former Mississippi firefighter renowned for his powerful, gothic storytelling and universal themes of honor, desperation and moral rectitude.