The Weight is an upcoming historical drama film directed by Padraic McKinley and starring Ethan Hawke, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio and Russell Crowe.

Contents

• Premise
• Cast
• Production
• Release
• References
• External links

Premise

Samuel Murphy is a widower in 1930s Oregon who is taken from his daughter to serve a prison sentence. Prison Warden Clancy offers Samuel and several other prisoners the opportunity to earn their freedom in exchange for partaking in a dangerous gold smuggling operation for him.

Cast

• Ethan Hawke as Samuel Murphy, a recently incarcerated man
• Russell Crowe as Warden Clancy
• Julia Jones as Anna, a headstrong Indigenous runaway who accompanies Samuel and the other prisoners
• Austin Amelio as Rankin, a wiry prisoner
• Avi Nash as Singh, an immigrant and dependable prisoner
• Lucas Lynggaad Tonnesen as Olson, a young Scandinavian prisoner
• Sam Hazeldine as Amis, Clancy's lackey
• Jeffrey Lee Hallman as Big
• Avy Berry as Penny Murphy, Samuel's daughter whom he's desperate to get back to
• George Burgess
• Alec Newman
• Cameron Brady
• Dylan Page as Mrs. Akers
• Peter Lewys Preston as Ed Akers

Caspar Steinbeck as Joe Akers

Production

The film is from an original screenplay by Shelby Gaines, Matthew Chapman, and Matthew Booi, based on an original story by Booi and Leo Scherman. Padraic McKinley is director and it is produced by Fields Entertainment, Under The Influence, and augenschein Filmproduktion, in collaboration with Construction Film. Simon Fields and Nathan Fields are producing for Fields Entertainment with Ryan Hawke for Under The Influence, and Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo of augenschein. ^[1]

The cast is led by Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe and Julia Jones. ^[2]

Principal photography took place in and around Viechtach, Germany in July 2025. ^[3]

Release

The Weight premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2026. ^{[4] [5]}

References

External links

• The Weight at IMDb