Free State of Jones is one of the September movies that I am looking forward to the most as Matthew McConaughey returns to the big screen.
Free State of Jones
McConaughey is one of the most in-demand and exciting actors around and Free State of Jones sees the Oscar-winner team up with filmmaker Gary Ross for the first time.
And it is McConaughey who takes centre stage in a series of fantastic new images from the film. Take a look:
Ross has brought us movies such as Seabiscuit during his career by Free State of Jones is his first feature film since The Hunger Games back in 2012.
It is great to see him back and tackling a completely different genre. As well as being in the director's chair, Ross has also penned the film's screenplay, which is inspired by the life of Newton Knight.
McConaughey will take on the role of Knight in the film, who led a rebellion army during the American Civil War.
McConaughey is joined on the cast list by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali, Brian Lee Franklin, Jacob Lofland, and Sean Bridgers.
Free State of Jones is an epic drama set during the American Civil War and tells the story of a defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight (McConaughey), and his extraordinary rebellion against the Confederate States Army.
Bringing together an unlikely band of poor white farmers and runaway slaves, Knight launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi, to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones.
Free State of Jones is released 30th September.
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