The trailer for Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire starring Bill Skarsgård has dropped.

Penned by first-time feature screenwriter Austin Kolodney, the film also stars Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino.

The film’s official synopsis:

“Based on a true story, the 1977 kidnapping of a prominent banker grips the nation and turns the abductor into an outlaw folk hero. As the media frenzy peaks, the standoff becomes a spectacle of desperation, defiance and blurred justice, which resonates even today.”

The film receives an awards-qualifying run on December 12, followed by a limited release January 9, and wide release the following week on January 16.