McConaughey Starts 2013 Strong With the ‘Mud’ Trailer

Matthew McConaughey killed it last year, with three great roles in Bernie, Magic Mike, and Killer Joe, and it seems like he’s going to have another strong year starting it off with Jeff Nichols‘ Mud. This film premiered at Cannes last year and is now screening at Sundance 2013 before getting it’s theatrical release on April 26th.

The film also stars Reese Witherspoon, Michael Shanon, Sarah Paulson, and Sam Shepard, hit the jump for the synopsis and trailer.

Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios — he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.