Timing is everything, and there is no such thing as a coincidence. Miles Teller was recently arrested for public intoxication, and though the actor himself disputes police accounts of what happened, sometimes the best PR move is to simply pivot attention somewhere else. So, here’s the trailer for Teller’s big awards season play, “Thank You For Your Service.”
Marking the directorial debut of “American Sniper” screenwriter Jason Hall, the film is based on David Finkel‘s 2013 nonfiction book and tells the story of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and trying to get back into the rhythms of civilian life.
“Coming home isn’t just about the boots on the soil: Coming home is a process of returning to self,” Hall told USA Today. “I watched [Chris Kyle, the soldier from ‘American Sniper’] finding his way home in the relationship with his wife, as a father to his kids, and as a man. He was murdered … so I felt like that process was cut short. In Finkel’s book, it showed that entire journey. It seemed like the second half of ‘American Sniper.’ ” Here’s the official synopsis:
DreamWorks Pictures’ Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield.
Co-starring Haley Bennett, Amy Schumer, Joe Cole, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, “Thank You For Your Service” opens on October 27th.
