Saulnier's latest thriller debuts on Netflix in September.
From a script by his Blue Ruin and Green Room star Macon Blair, director Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark stars Jeffrey Wright as a wolf expert hired by a young mother (Riley Keough) to track down the wolves responsible for her son's death. The boy's father (Alexander Skarsgård) is seeking a more violent type of revenge however. James Badge Dale also stars.
Hold the Dark will premiere on Netflix September 28th at netflix.com/holdthedark.
You can check out the official artwork below.
The official synopsis reads:
Retired naturalist and wolf expert Russell Core (JEFFREY WRIGHT) journeys to the edge of civilization in northern Alaska at the pleading of Medora Slone (RILEY KEOUGH), a young mother whose son was killed by a pack of wolves. As Core attempts to help Medora track down the wolves who took her son, a strange and dangerous relationship develops between the two lonely souls.
But when Medora's husband Vernon (ALEXANDER SKARSGARD) returns home from the Iraq War, the news of his child's death ignites a violent chain of events. As local cop, Donald Marium (JAMES BADGE DALE), races to stop Vernon’s vengeful rampage, Core is forced on a perilous odyssey into the heart of darkness.
