Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing has released The Convert trailer for the upcoming period action thriller starring Emmy winner Guy Pearce.
“The film follows Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the center of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes,” reads the synopsis.
Check out The Convert trailer below (watch more trailers):
When is The Convert being released?
The Convert is scheduled to make its debut on July 12 in theaters and on VOD. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shane Danielsen. Joining Pearce are Tioreore Ngatai-Melborne as Rangimai, Antonio Te Maioha as Maianui, Jacqueline Mckenzie as Charlotte, Lawrence Makoare as Akatārewa, Dean O’Gorman as Kedgley, Ariki Turner as Uenuku, and Duane Evans as Pahirua. It is produced by Robin Scholes, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Andrew Mason, and Troy Lum.
Besides The Convert, Pearce will next be seen in four more projects. These include David Cronenberg’s arthouse horror film The Shrouds with Diane Kruger, Brady Corbet’s drama film The Brutalist with Adrien Brody, the prison drama Inside with Cosmo Jarvis, and the supernatural thriller Killing Faith with DeWanda Wise.
