Kathryn Bigelow’s Chilling ‘A House of Dynamite’ Trailer Drops — Idris Elba Leads Netflix’s Ticking-Clock Missile Thriller

Kathryn Bigelow is back with a new Netflix thriller, and the first trailer for A House of Dynamite is now online as the film gathers strong reviews after its Venice premiere.

• • Trailer and logline
  • Cast and festival response
  • Release schedule

Trailer and logline

Netflix released the trailer for A House of Dynamite, introducing the film’s premise and tone. The official logline reads: “When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.”

Watch the trailer here:

Cast and festival response

For her first movie in eight years, Bigelow assembled a large cast that includes Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke.

The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and received broadly positive notices. Critics used phrases such as “precision-tooled” and “razor-sharp” when describing the movie. You can read the aggregated reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bigelow’s recent work

Kathryn Bigelow directed The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she also made Detroit (2017). A House of Dynamite is her first feature since 2017.

Release schedule

Netflix has scheduled a limited theatrical rollout followed by streaming: the film will open in select U.K. theaters on October 3, expand to select theaters globally on October 10, and debut on Netflix on October 24.

Those are the confirmed dates and the main facts available so far.