In Just 2 Weeks, Russell Crowe Returns to Theaters With a Brutal New Action Thriller

2025 was a huge year for Russell Crowe, as he finally had the chance to bring his long-gestating WWII epic, Nuremberg, to the big screen. Nuremberg has been a passion project of Crowe’s for years, so much so that director James Vanderbilt publicly stated that, without his support, it never would have made it through the various stages of development setbacks. Crowe didn’t waste much time returning to the big screen this year for his new MMA movie, Beast, which scurried onto VOD platforms like Prime Video after grossing less than $2 million at the box office. Crowe has been hard at work this year filming his new sci-fi fantasy reboot with Henry Cavill, Highlander, but he has a new project coming to the big screen much sooner that has fans around the world buzzing.

Russell Crowe is among the big names attached to star in the new action thriller launching later this month, The Get Out. The Hobbit veteran Luke Evans has also been tapped for a role in the film, along with Aaron Paul, who is best known for his multi-time Emmy winning role as Jesse in Breaking Bad. The Get Out is taking a bit more of an unconventional approach to release, as it will air exclusively in theaters for one weekend starting June 26 before arriving on digital platforms like Prime Video just a few days later, on June 30. The official trailer for The Get Out was released via Vertical two weeks ago, but it only pulled 67k views on YouTube, which could spell trouble for how the film fares at the box office during its first and only weekend in theaters.



















Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz
Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most?
Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek

Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.

Star Wars

Lord of the Rings

Harry Potter

Game of Thrones

Star Trek

01

What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning?
Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.





02

Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit?
The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.





03

How do you prefer your conflicts resolved?
The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.





04

Who do you want beside you when things get difficult?
Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.





05

What is your relationship with power?
How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.





06

How does your universe treat good and evil?
A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.





07

What role would you naturally fall into?
Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?





08

What do you ultimately believe about the future?
The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.





Your Universe Has Been Chosen
You Belong In…

Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.


A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars

You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.

  • You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
  • You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
  • Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
  • The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.


Middle-earth

Lord of the Rings

You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.

  • Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
  • You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
  • Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
  • Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.


The Wizarding World

Harry Potter

You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.

  • The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
  • You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
  • Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
  • That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.


Westeros · The Known World

Game of Thrones

You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.

  • Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
  • You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
  • Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
  • Winter always comes. You are already prepared.


The United Federation of Planets

Star Trek

You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.

  • Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
  • You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
  • The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
  • You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.

What Is ‘The Get Out’ About?

The Get Out follows an old nightclub owner (played by Russell Crowe), who is weighing his future, deciding if he wants to leave his past behind and get out of the game. However, when he’s robbed by masked gunmen, he finds himself in the middle of a game between ruthless cartel lords. Once a mysterious newcomer arrives into the game with an interest in buying his business, he quickly realizes he just needs to survive long enough to escape. Derrick Borte wrote and directed The Get Out — he previously worked with Crowe on his 2020 psychological thriller, Unhinged, which is streaming on Prime Video.

Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of The Get Out, which premieres in theaters later this month on June 26.



Release Date

June 26, 2026

Runtime

96 minutes

Director

Derrick Borte


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