Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry show New Orleans some love in the Causeway trailer
The sensitive new drama from A24 arrives in theaters and on Apple TV+ next month
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Jennifer Lawrence stars in the latest sensitive drama from A24, Causeway. Co-produced by Apple TV+, the film follows Lynsey, a former military engineer forced to move back in with her mother in New Orleans and get a job cleaning pools after suffering a brain injury.
While Lynsey has the help of her doctor and health aide (played by Stephen McKinley Henderson and Jayne Houdyshell) to heal her mind, she must also reckon with returning to the hometown she left behind. A chance meeting with James (Brian Tyree Henry) leads to a new friend and a fresh way for her to reconnect with her roots.
Causeway is the feature debut from director Lila Neugebauer, who has previously worked on episodes of The Sex Lives Of College Girls, Maid, and Room 104. The script was co-written by Ottessa Moshfegh, the acclaimed novelist behind My Year Of Rest And Relaxation, as well as Luke Goebel and Elizabeth Sanders.
Lawrence was last seen in 2021's Don’t Look Up, and she’ll be re-teaming with director Adam McKay for the Elizabeth Holmes film Bad Blood. The Oscar-winner also has No Good Things with Good Boys director Gene Stupnitsky coming up.
Earlier this year, Henry appeared in Bullet Train, and he can currently be seen in the fourth and final season of Atlanta. The Eternals actor recently booked another Apple TV+ project, Sinking Spring.
At the 2022 Academy Awards, Apple TV+ became the first streamer to score an Oscar for Best Picture with CODA, beating out Netflix’s previous pushes for projects like The Power Of The Dog, Mank, The Trial Of The Chicago 7, and Don’t Look Up. The pressure is on to see if the service can do it again.
Causeway arrives in theaters and on Apple TV+ on November 4.
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I thought this took place in Galveston.
Love me some Bryan Tyree Henry so I’m sure this will be watched at some point.
she’ll be re-teaming with director Adam McKay for the Elizabeth Holmes film Bad Blood.For the love of god, WHY? That story is done. What else can they possibly mine from it at this point? Also, it’s Adam McKay, so we already know what his take will be (scold-y, self-righteous, unfunny). It seems like an especially questionable move for Lawrence to drop her take years after Amanda Seyfried’s award-winning turn. Gahhhh.
Like when I hit that part I had a similar reaction. Not even because of McKay, but just what the hell do you do after the brilliance that was The Dropout? As much as I like Lawrence, it will be compared ot Seyfried and it feels nearly impossible to even come close to that.
Right. Elizabeth Holmes is such a specific character (the eyes! the voice! the turtle neck!) that it doesn’t give you much room to make it your own—like it’s not George Washington or some historical figure where there’s room to play. It either works as Holmes or it doesn’t, and it will immediately invite comparisons to a highly regarded performance. That said, I suspect there is a high likelihood it will all fall apart before it begins productions, as these things often do.