'Naked Singularity' Trailer: John Boyega Stars In A Courtroom Drama With A Genre Heist Twist

John Boyega might be known for big franchises these days, “Star Wars,” “Pacific Rim,” etc., but as something like Steve McQueen‘s recent “Small Axe” will sharply put into focus, he hasn’t forgotten his indie roots and stories of real human empathy. Boyega was outstanding in “Red, White & Blue,” that Small Axe film he starred in, and in that spirit, he looks like he’s chasing another story full of human truth and honesty in the courtroom drama, “A Naked Singularity,” but with a genre twist.

Written by Sergio De La Pava, a New York public defender with first-hand knowledge of the everyday travesties of justice in city courtrooms, “Naked Singularity,” which is described as a “genre-bending film,” is both an ambitious, razor-sharp indictment of legal dysfunction and an entertaining, high-stakes heist. Here’s the official synopsis:

Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi (John Boyega), a promising young NYC public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack under the daily injustices of the very justice system he’s trying to make right. Doubting all he has worked for and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him, he is pulled into a dangerous high-stakes drug heist by an unpredictable former client (Olivia Cooke) to beat the broken system at its own game.

Directed by Chase Palmer, “A Naked Singularity,” co-stars Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Linda Lavin, and Tim Blake Nelson. Palmer’s award-winning short films “Neo-Noir” and “Shock and Awe” have played at film festivals worldwide, including Sundance, BFI London, and Deauville. The writer/director also co-wrote “IT: CHAPTER 1,” and current writing projects include the gothic western “Unbury Carol” for director Cary Fukunaga and Fox Searchlight and “Monsterpocolypse “for Warner Bros. and director Fede Alvarez.

“Naked Singularity” opens In Theaters in NY on August 6th and opens wide and On-Demand on August 13. Watch the trailer below.