Watch for the signs. The phoenix will rise. Find the courage to resist. Join Team Nerdist, Focus Features, and Participant Media at their Captive State Party at SXSW. Enjoy Captive State themed drinks.
Rupert Wyatt, Nerdist Editor-in-Chief Rachel Heine, Nerdist Senior Editor Dan Casey, DJ Whookid, with special guests DJ Cash and Roswell Gray, and more.
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt ("The Rise of the Planet of the Apes" "The Escapist")
Written by: Erica Beeney ("The Battle of Shaker Heights") and Rupert Wyatt
Produced by: David Crockett, Rupert Wyatt
Executive Produced by: Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Ron Schmidt, Adam Simon
Starring: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker, and Vera Farmiga
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, "Captive State" explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents.