The first trailer for the uprising 2026 puts Andrew Garfield at the front of a rebellion against King Richard II. It also gives Paul Greengrass his first look at a period drama set before the 20th century, with the film now on a clear path to theaters on September 11, 2026.
Andrew Garfield in the trailer
Garfield plays the legendary leader of a ferocious revolt, and the footage places that fight in the 14th century. The trailer leans on commoners rising against royal authority, with survival and equality driving the conflict rather than court politics alone.
For a film that has already changed titles, the trailer is the cleanest public statement about what The Uprising actually is: an action period drama, not a prestige costume piece built around speeches. That matters because the marketing now has to sell movement, pressure, and scale in one shot, not just a cast list.
The Hood to The Uprising
The project began as The Hood, then became The Rage, with Benedict Cumberbatch attached first and Matthew McConaughey later set to star. By the time it reached The Uprising late last year, Garfield had boarded the film, and the title settled around the rebellion story that the trailer now puts on screen.
That history makes the new footage more useful than a standard teaser. It shows the film has moved from one lead actor to another, from one title to another, and finally to a version built around Garfield as the face of the revolt.
Paul Greengrass and the cast
Greengrass wrote and directed the film, with Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman, Katherine Waterston, and Sky Yang in the cast. Jason Blum, Gregory Goodman, Joanna Kaye, Joe Neurauter, and Lars Sylvest produce, which gives the project a larger commercial frame than a one-name trailer campaign.
Garfield will next appear in Artificial, where he plays OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman. That gives The Uprising a short runway before another major release turns him into a different real-world figure, and it keeps this trailer from feeling like a detached one-off.
September 11, 2026 is the date that now governs the film’s release strategy. The trailer has done the first job: it clarifies the lead, fixes the setting, and turns a title that once moved through The Hood and The Rage into a marketable period rebellion with a date attached.
