Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner on 'Carolina Caroline' poster

Magnolia Pictures The marketing campaign for the romance and crime thriller continues, Carolina Caroline.

This is one of three 2026 film projects starring Samara Weavingthe other two being Ready or Not 2: Here I Comey Over Your Dead Bodyreleased in theaters in March and April, respectively.

Weaving coprotagoniza Carolina Caroline next to Kyle Gallner (Strange Darling, Scream 5, Smile). The actors are also accompanied by Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) y Jon Gries (The White Lotus).

The road movie tells the story of a young woman (Weaving) who leaves her small town in search of her estranged mother (Sedgwick), along with a charismatic conman (Gallner) who is on the run from the law. The duo leave behind a wave of crime and passion as they race through the Southeast.

Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner In America) directs with a script Tom Dean.

Take a look at the official poster at the end of the note.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:

“Samara Weaving stars as Caroline Daniels, whose desire to leave her small Texas town leads her to meet a charismatic conman (Gallner), and together they embark on an adventure of crime and passion across the southeastern United States. Also starring Kyra Sedgwick, the film features a diverse country music soundtrack, with songs by artists such as Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, Loretta Lynn and more than a dozen others.”

Filming took place in Kentucky in 2024. In September 2025 it celebrated its world premiere at TIFF 2025.

Stephen Braun, Tim and Trevor White, Eric B. Fleischman and Chris Abernathy are producers, with Jan McAdoo, Brittany Kahan Ward and Trent Hubbard serving as executive producers.

As a curious fact we share with you that Weaving and Gallner are part of the slasher franchise Scream; Gallner appeared in Scream 5 and Weaving in Scream VI; The film marks a new collaboration between the director and Gallner, an actor who starred in Dinner In America (2021) by Rehmeier. Braun and Fleischman produced the film.

Carolina Caroline in American cinemas June 5, 2026.

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