Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich in first looks at Martin McDonagh's 'Wild Horse Nine'

The filmmaker Martin McDonagh leave behind the Irish coastal melancholy of The Banshees of Inisherin to delve into another type of terrain far from home.

The most recent from the writer and director is the spy and conspiracy drama, Wild Horse Ninewhose plot takes us to Easter Island in Chile in the 70s.

Set in Chile in 1973shortly before the coup d'état that overthrew Salvador Allendethe movie follow CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) on his journey from Santiago to Easter Island on a mission that will test his trust, his past and his loyalty.

The official synopsis of Searchlight Pictures He adds that the couple is sent by the head of the office, MJ (Steve Buscemi), and that Chris's growing connection with two rebellious students, played by Mariana di Girólamo (To the south of the heart, Nobody saw us leave) y Aline Salas (The astronaut lovers), threatens to divert the entire trip.

The cast also includes Parker Posey (The White Lotus) y Tom Waits (Licorice Pizza).

In an interview with Vanity Fair, a medium that shares the first official looks, McDonagh stated that the film “feels very current,” despite being set in a time that takes us more than four decades ago, which makes sense given the subject matter: American intervention, political corruption, moral self-justification, and men who contemplate too late the devastation they themselves helped create.. The filmmaker also described the film as a reflection on guilt, sin and the retrospect of a lifewith Malkovich playing a veteran agent in failing health trying to write his memoirs while dealing with his past.

Take a look at the images at the end of the note.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:

CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 Chile.

McDonagh had contemplated plans to make a film on Easter Island for more than a decade, attracted by the mystery of the Moai, and the remoteness of the place. The feature film was filmed on Easter Island, with additional scenes filmed in Monument Valley, located on Arizona's northern border with Utah, in the United States, within the Navajo Nation reservation.

The role played by Rockwell was written by McDonagh with Rockwell in mind.

Producers are McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Anita Overland, with executive producers Ben Kngiht, Diarmuid McKeown.

Searchlight will release the film in theaters November 6, 2026.

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