A dramatic first trailer for Woody Allen’s 1950s mob drama Wonder Wheel has been unveiled.
The new clip introduces Justin Timberlake as a handsome Coney Island lifeguard, whom both Kate Winslet and her husband’s estranged daughter – played by Juno Temple – fall for in a trickly love triangle.
The film tells the story of how the lives of four characters intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the mid-century New York amusement park.
‘Everything is coming apart’: Kate Winslet unravels in the dramatic first trailer for Woody Allen’s 1950s mob drama Wonder Wheel, which was released on Wednesday
Winslet plays Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house, who is wife to Humpty (Jim Belushi), a rough-hewn carousel operator.
The trailer opens with Winslet and Timberlake grinding away at their day jobs, when: ‘Enter Carolina’.
Juno Temple plays Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is on the run from the mob.
‘I’m marked… they’re going to kill me,’ she tells her dad.
Bringing sexy all the way back… to the 1950s: The trailer introduces Justin Timberlake as a handsome Coney Island lifeguard
Fab fifties: Legendary Italian cinematographer and three-time Oscar-winner Vittorio Storaro is responsible for the sumptuous visuals of the mid-century teaser
Spanner: The trailer opens with Winslet and Timberlake grinding away at their day jobs, when Winslet’s glamorous step-daughter Carolina – played by Juno Temple – enters
‘That’s what you get when you marry a gangster,’ he unsympathetically replies.
Carolina ends up hiding out at her father’s apartment, which creates a setting for some rather awkward family dinners.
‘When you got rich married to man putting people’s feet in cement you probably never had to do a dish,’ Ginny snaps at her new stepdaughter.
Hi mom! She introduces herself as Ginny’s husband’s long-estranged daughter, who is on the run from the mob
Awkward! Carolina ends up hiding out at her father’s apartment, which creates a setting for some rather awkward family dinners
‘I’m marked… they’re going to kill me,’ she tells her dad
Ginny later gripes to her husband: ‘You know shes a marked woman, shouldn’t she move on?’
Things get further complicated when both women appear to fall for the same guy.
‘Did he kiss you?’ Ginny roars at Carolina, who gives an oblivious: ‘Why are you getting so heated?’ in reply.
Dad: Jim Belushi plays Humpty, a rough-hewn carousel operator, the husband of Ginny and father of Carolina
Zing! ‘When you got rich married to man putting people’s feet in cement you probably never had to do a dish,’ Ginny snaps at her new stepdaughter
Cry me a river: Things get further complicated when both women appear to fall for the same guy in the form of hunky Timberlake
Triangle: ‘Did he kiss you?’ Ginny roars at Carolina, who gives an oblivious: ‘Why are you getting so heated?’ in reply
To compound her misery, one shot of Carolina even shows her wearing the same clam house uniform as Ginny, suggesting they even end up working together.
‘My head is poundin’,’ Winslet laments in a thick Brooklyn accent. ‘Everything is coming apart.’
‘You look a little crazy to me,’ Belushi confirms – as she is even shown pulling a knife on someone.
Gangsters: Some rough mob-type characters make their prescence known
You get zapped, I get zapped: Timberlake saves Winslet from a lightning storm in a bit of a Titanic-esque introduction
Work buddies: To compound her misery, one shot of Carolina even shows her wearing the same clam house uniform as Ginny, suggesting they even end up working together
Stressed: ‘My head is poundin’,’ Winslet laments in a thick accent. ‘Everything is coming apart.’
‘When it comes to love we often end up being our own worst enemy,’ she opines.
Legendary Italian cinematographer and three-time Oscar-winner Vittorio Storaro is responsible for the sumptuous visuals of the mid-century teaser.
Wonder Wheel, produced by Amazon Studios, will premiere on closing night at the 55th New York Film Festival on October 14.
The movie will hit theaters on December 1.
Sage: ‘When it comes to love we often end up being our own worse enemy,’ she opines
Coming soon: Wonder Wheel, produced by Amazon Studios, will premiere on closing night at the 55th New York Film Festival on October 14, before its full released on December 1