{"id":23567,"date":"2025-07-25T20:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/23567\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:42:09","slug":"netflix-viewers-cant-wait-to-see-staggering-drama-train-dreams-based-on-beloved-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/23567\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix viewers &#8216;can&#8217;t wait&#8217; to see &#8216;staggering&#8217; drama Train Dreams based on beloved book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"eSMuzqGyOg\" data-wc=\"29\"><a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/netflix\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Netflix<\/a> has unveiled a trailer for its upcoming drama, Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton as railroad worker Robert Grainier during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th-century America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eED7aAmIxs1\" data-wc=\"64\">&#8220;Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulthood among the towering forests of the Pacific Northwest, where he helps expand the nation&#8217;s railroad empire alongside men as unforgettable as the landscapes they inhabit,&#8221; reads the synopsis for the film, which is based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson and has been described as a &#8220;staggering work of art&#8221; by New York Magazine.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ecYUr2DL9vN\" data-wc=\"39\">The story follows Robert as he builds a home with Gladys (<a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/felicity-jones\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Felicity Jones<\/a>) and their young daughter. When his life takes an unexpected turn, Robert &#8220;finds beauty, brutality, and newfound meaning for the forests and trees he has felled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/e66f423dc797-sundancetrain-dreams-rgb.jpg\"   width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"man and woman lying on ground\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image image\"\/>\u00a9 Courtesy of NetflixFelicity Jones as Gladys and Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier in Train Dreams<\/p>\n<p id=\"eFMdBHO-cTf\" data-wc=\"29\">Reacting to the trailer, one viewer penned: &#8220;This looks absolutely stunning and like they have captured the emotional tone of the novella,&#8221; while another added: &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait for this!!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix has unveiled a trailer for its upcoming drama, Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton as railroad worker Robert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,392,14913,56,54,55,14914,14915],"class_list":["post-23567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-netflix","tag-tv-and-film","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-what-to-watch","tag-whats-on-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}