‘Wild Horse Nine’ First Clip: John Malkovich & Sam Rockwell Get Themselves Into Trouble In Martin McDonagh’s Dark Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun first clip from Martin McDonagh‘s anticipated crime-dramedy Wild Horse Nine, which launches next week at the Venice Film Festival. Set just before the 1973 Chilean coup, pic stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents Chris and Lee, who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). As the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’ newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to the remote paradise sideways. Searchlight has set a November 6, 2026 release date for the movie, which also stars Tom Waits and Parker Posey. You can check out the trailer below. Watch on Deadline Wild Horse Nine marks McDonagh’s first film since The Banshees of Inisherin, which was nominated for nine Oscars in 2023 including for directing, writing and Best Picture. Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, McDonagh and Anita Overland are producers. The new pic, described as a dark comedic drama a la Banshees, reunites McDonagh and Rockwell from McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which was nominated for seven Oscars and won two, for Rockwell as Supporting Actor and Frances McDormand as Best Actress.