{"id":86652,"date":"2025-10-17T13:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/86652\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:51:11","slug":"trailer-wasteman-a-gritty-new-british-prison-thriller-starring-david-jonsson-and-tom-blyth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/86652\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer: Wasteman &#8211; a gritty new British prison thriller starring David Jonsson and Tom Blyth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"358\">Lionsgate has dropped the official teaser trailer for \u2018Wasteman,\u2019 the highly anticipated directorial debut from Cal McMau. This gripping, claustrophobic prison thriller promises to be one of the most intense British films of 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"1219\">The film follows Taylor (Jonsson), a convict nearing the end of his sentence and desperate to rebuild a relationship with the son who\u2019s grown up without him. But just as parole \u2014 and freedom \u2014 are within reach, a new cellmate, Dee (Blyth), upends Taylor\u2019s fragile peace. Ruthlessly violent and unpredictable, Dee drags Taylor into a brutal world of inmate rivalries and survival games that could destroy his final chance at redemption.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"1219\">Premiering to acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6 and soon to make its UK debut at the 69th BFI London Film Festival as part of the Thrill Strand on October 16, \u2018Wasteman\u2019\u00a0is already generating strong buzz for its unflinching realism and powerhouse performances from rising stars David Jonsson (Rye Lane, Industry) and Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &amp; Snakes).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"1219\">Also in trailers \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Black Bear unveils chilling trailer for \u2018Keeper\u2019 \u2014 Osgood Perkins\u2019 new horror starring Tatiana Maslany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heyuguys.com\/keeper-trailer\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Bear unveils chilling trailer for \u2018Keeper\u2019 \u2014 Osgood Perkins\u2019 new horror starring Tatiana Maslany<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"1219\">\u2018Wasteman\u2019 opens in UK cinemas on February 20, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionsgate has dropped the official teaser trailer for \u2018Wasteman,\u2019 the highly anticipated directorial debut from Cal McMau. This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[55577,55578,93,61,60,270,32382,55579],"class_list":{"0":"post-86652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-cal-mcmau","9":"tag-david-jonsson","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-tom-blyth","15":"tag-wasteman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}