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A star-studded cast leads the powerful and critically acclaimed western, Hostiles , arriving on Digital April 10 and on 4K Ultra HD™ (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand April 24 from Lionsgate. The highly successful independent director, Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Black Mass) reunites with his Out of the Furnace star and Oscar® winner Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor, The Fighter, 2010) in what is being hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “the first great western since 1992’s Unforgiven.” Hostiles also stars Oscar® nominee Rosamund Pike (Best Actress, Gone Girl, 2014), Wes Studi (Avatar, The Last of the Mohicans), Primetime Emmy® nominee Jesse Plemons (Best Actor, “Fargo,” 2014), Golden Globe® nominee Adam Beach (Best Actor, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 2007), and Ben Foster (Hell or High Water, Lone Survivor). Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army captain (Bale) who, after stern resistance, relucta...

Christian Bale will star in HOSTILES , the next writing and directorial effort from Scott Cooper ( BLACK MASS, CRAZY HEART ). This marks the second time the pair will work together since collaborating on the 2013 film, OUT OF THE FURNACE . Set in 1892, HOSTILES tells the story of a legendary Army captain, who after stern resistance, begrudgingly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family back to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape and hostile Comanche tribes that they encounter along the way. Cooper is directing and producing alongside John Lesher (BIRDMAN, BLACK MASS) and Ken Kao (KNIGHT OF CUPS, THE NICE GUYS). The story is a re-imagining of a manuscript by Oscar®-winning screenwriter Donald Stewart, which was written some...