Green Book Trailer: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali Star in 60s Set Drama

August 14, 2018

Green Book trailer: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali star in 60s set drama

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight). Peter Farrelly (There’s Something about Mary) directs the warmhearted and surprisingly comic road-trip adventure based on a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line. You can check out the new trailer and poster below!

Green Book tells the story of Tony Lip (Mortensen), an Italian-American bouncer with a seventh-grade education, who’s hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class African-American pianist on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. Together, they must rely on the “Negro Motorist Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for Blacks. Confronted with racism, danger—as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.

Production companies for Green Book are Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures. Jim Burke (The Descendants), Charles B. Wessler (The Heartbreak Kid) and Farrelly produce alongside Farrelly’s fellow writers, Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie. The drama is executive produced by Participant’s Jeff Skoll (The Help) and Jonathan King (Lincoln), along with Cinetic Media’s John Sloss (Boyhood) and Steve Farneth, as well as Kwame Parker (Kill Bill series). Linda Cardellini (The Founder) co-stars.

Green Book will hit theaters November 21