THE END OF THE TOUR Trailer Starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg

A24 released the first trailer for The End of the Tour, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky as he follows author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) at the end of the book tour for Infinite Jest. The film is directed by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) and also stars Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, and Mickey Sumner.

The End of the Tour premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is set to open in theaters July 31st.

THE END OF THE TOUR tells the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter (and novelist) David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest. As the days go on, a tenuous yet intense relationship seems to develop between journalist and subject. The two men bob and weave around each other, sharing laughs and also possibly revealing hidden frailties – but it’s never clear how truthful they are being with each other. Ironically, the interview was never published, and five days of audio tapes were packed away in Lipsky’s closet. The two men did not meet again. The film is based on Lipsky’s critically acclaimed memoir about this unforgettable encounter, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, written following Wallace’s 2008 suicide. Both Segel and Eisenberg reveal great depths of emotion in their performances and the film is directed with humor and tenderness by Sundance vet James Ponsoldt from Pulitzer-Prize winner Donald Margulies’ insightful and heartbreaking screenplay.