First Trailer for John Hillcoat Crime Drama ‘Lawless’

The first official trailer for John Hillcoat crime drama Lawless has gone online. John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) has given his hand on direction whereas Nick Cave has penned the script.

Based on Matt Bondurant’s novel The Wettest Country in the World, Lawless stars Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman and Mia Wasikowska.

The Weinstein Company will bring Lawless to theatres on August 31^st, 2012.

Watch the official trailer of Lawless, originally from Yahoo.

Summary:

LAWLESS is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant’s family in his novel “The Wettest County in the World”, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave.