Jeff Nichols’ ‘The Bikeriders’ Sets Peacock Premiere Date
deadline.comPeacock announced on Wednesday that the motorcycle crime thriller The Bikeriders, starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Academy Award nominee Austin Butler (Elvis) and Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), will begin streaming exclusively on the service on August 9.
Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the filmmaker behind titles like Mud and Take Shelter, The Bikeriders is a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book The Bikeriders.
The film captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals, led by the enigmatic Johnny (Hardy).
Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
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