Justin Kurzel Talks Shifting Sands Of December 6 U.S. Release For Far-Right Thriller ‘The Order’ In Wake Of Donald Trump’s Re-Election
deadline.comJustin Kurzel started touring festivals with neo-Nazi thriller The Order – starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult and Tye Sheridan – in Venice in September where the film world premiered in Competition to strong reviews.
Directed from a screenplay by Zach Baylin based on the 1989 book, The Silent Brotherhood, the film follows the real-life 1980s white supremacist group The Order, led by Robert Jay Mathews, which turned to counterfeiting and heists to fund its activities.
Law stars as a jaded FBI agent alongside Sheridan as an eager young police detective, who are on the tail of the gang, and Mathews, played by Hoult.
Since Venice, the film has played at Toronto and opened the Zurich Film Festival as well as Marrakech over this weekend. Its resonance has also evolved in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S.
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