{"id":81023,"date":"2017-10-05T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T10:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/10\/05\/trailer-denzel-washingtons-legal-thriller-roman-j-israel-esq\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:21:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:21:38","slug":"trailer-denzel-washingtons-legal-thriller-roman-j-israel-esq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/trailer-denzel-washingtons-legal-thriller-roman-j-israel-esq\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer To Denzel Washington’s Legal Thriller “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trailer To Denzel Washington’s Legal Thriller “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”\u00a0<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 5, 2017<\/p>\n

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Sony Pictures has released the trailer to\u00a0<\/strong>writer-director\u00a0Dan Gilroy<\/strong>\u2019s legal thriller,\u00a0“Roman Israel, Esq.,” <\/strong>starring Denzel Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The film had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and will hit theaters on November 3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previously known as “Inner City,”\u00a0<\/strong>the cast also includes\u00a0Colin Farrell, <\/strong>Carmen Ejogo, Nazneen Contractor, Joseph David-Jones ,\u00a0<\/em>DeRon Horton,\u00a0Lynda Gravatt, Amanda Warren, Shelley Hennig, Hugo Armstrong, Sam Gilroy, Tony Plana, and Amari Cheatom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sony will distribute the film, which is being co-financed by\u00a0Cross Creek, Lone Star Capital and Charles King\u2019s Macro. Jennifer Fox is producing with Todd Black of Escape Artists and Brian Oliver of Cross Creek.<\/p>\n

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Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Nazneen Contractor, Amanda Warren, Joseph David-Jones, DeRon Horton, Tony Plana, and Amari Cheatom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The story\u00a0centers on an awkward, reclusive lawyer named Roman J. Israel (Washington), who has worked as a legal researcher in Los Angeles for decades.\u00a0When his partner has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on the role of the firm\u2019s frontman. He soon uncovers\u00a0details about the crusading law firm\u2019s history\u00a0that run afoul of his values of helping the poor and dispossessed, and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme action.<\/p>\n

Farrell will play the slick, money-focused lawyer who recruits the researcher to his firm, while\u00a0Ejogo plays one of the female leads, a worker at a civil rights organization.<\/p>\n

Jones\u00a0is cast as an impressionable young lawyer fresh out of grad school who helps Washington with cases.\u00a0Contractor will play an assistant district attorney opposite Washington.<\/p>\n

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EXCLUSIVE: Watch Denzel Washington suffer no fools in snappy new @RomanJIsraelEsq<\/a> trailer
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\u2014 Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n