David Farnor | On 21, Feb 2018

Netflix’s The Highwaymen are swaggering into UK cinemas this March, and we’ve got our first proper look at its impressive cast in action, thanks a new trailer.

Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson star in the untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde. From director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), the film follows the two former Texas Rangers as the bring the duo to justice. When the full force of the FBI and the latest forensic technology aren’t enough to capture the nation’s most notorious criminals, the men must rely on their gut instincts and old school skills to get the job done.

The pair are joined by Kathy Bates and Kim Dickens, and you can see them all in action in UK cinemas from Friday 15th March. The film then lands on Netflix worldwide on Friday 29th March. Watch the trailer below – and, as always, watch this space for our guide to where you can see The Highwaymen on the big screen.

 

 

The Highwaymen is available on Netflix UK, as part of an £9.99 monthly subscription.

 

First look: Netflix’s The Highwaymen set for March release

10th December 2018

Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson are teaming up for Netflix’s new original film, The Highwaymen, and we’ve got our first look at the pair in action.

The Highwaymen follows the untold true story of the detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde. It’s a project that has been in the works in some form or another for so long that even Paul Newman and Robert Redford were once attached to it. Last year, though, it was confirmed that production was underway, produced by Casey Silver, with Harrelson and Costner together on screen for the first time. They are joined by Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch and Kim Dickens, in a drama that shows us the other side of Bonnie and Clyde’s iconic history, as Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and ex-partner Maney Gault were brought out of retirement by a consortium of banks to gather up a team and stop the duo’s run of robberies and murders.

From director John Lee Hancock, The Highwaymen will premiere on 29th March 2019. Here’s the picture:

 

Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson confirmed for Netflix’s The Highwaymen

14th February 2018

Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson will play the men who killed Bonnie and Clyde, Netflix has confirmed.

The film, directed by John Lee Hancock, has been in the works a long time, dating back to a point where Paul Newman and Robert Redford were attached to it. Last summer, Deadline reported that talks were afoot between Netflix and Universal about the project, with Costner and Harrelson lined up to play Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and ex-partner Maney Gault. Now, the same site has confirmed that the pair will play the duo who took down a partnership far more iconic than theirs.

The Highwaymen is written by John Fusco, Scott Frank and Hancock, and will tell the historic events from a new perspective, as the former lawmen were brought out of retirement by a consortium of banks to gather up a team and stop Bonnie and Clyde’s run of robberies and murders.

The project is produced by Casey Silver and his Casey Silver Productions, with Michael Malone, Costner, Rod Lake, and Harrelson on exec-producer duties. The main cast also includes Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann and William Sadler. Filming has now begun in Louisiana.

 

Kevin Costner’s Highwaymen heading to Netflix?

22nd June 2017

Kevin Costner may be on his way to Netflix, as talks are underway for the streaming service to be home to his new project.

Highwaymen, a drama that would see him tracking down Bonnie and Clyde, is reportedly the subject of new negotiations between Netflix and Universal Pictures, where it was once in play four years ago. Indeed, the project has been in the pipeline for some time, reports Deadline, with Paul Newman and Robert Redford once set to take the lead roles of the two lawmen who hunted down the iconic Depression-era outlaws. Time has marched on, though, and so the project is looking to be reborn at Netflix, with Costner and Woody Harrelson instead playing the Texas Ranger duo.

Costner would play Frank Hamer, with Harrelson playing Manny Gault, both veterans who were out of the Rangers by the time Bonnie and Clyde’s spree began, but were commissioned as special investigators by banks wanting to bring them in.

Bonnie and Clyde are, of course, no stranger to the silver screen, with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway bringing them to live in the 1967 classic. Highwaymen will tell a different side of that story. The project was originally written by John Fusco, but has since been reworked by John Lee Hancock, who is also attached to the project as director. Hancock has history with fact-based dramas, with a CV that includes The Founder, The Blind Side and Saving Mr. Banks.

Casey Silver, who has been with the picture for all these years, is still attached as producer.

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