Like Fred Dobbs’ sweaty, balding younger brother, Matthew McConaughey’s prospector is in the grip of gold fever in new drama Gold. The film’s teaser trailer has just landed offering a closer look at what looks like being a modern-day riff on The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. Watch it below.
Stephen Gaghan's latest film, which has a script from Patrick Massett and John Zinman, is based loosely on the 1993 Bre-X Corporation mining scandal. The plot follows a rough-around-the-edges prospector Kenny Wells (McConaughey) as he and his geologist companion (Edgar Ramírez) stumble upon one of the largest gold mines in the world in the Indonesian jungle.
But if the movies have taught us anything it’s that if it seems to be too good to be true, it probably is. Sure enough, Wells’ haul soon attracts attention, and things spiral into a mess involving Wall Street, the FBI and the Indonesian military.
Gold also features Bryce Dallas Howard, Toby Kebbell and Corey Stoll. It'll hit US cinemas on Christmas Day, but we’re still waiting for a UK release date.