Andrew Garfield Leads Wat Tyler’s Rebellion in ‘The Uprising’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 16, 2026
Source: YouTube
“It is time to set the world on fire.” Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for the epic historical action movie The Uprising, a tale of a uprising from the 14th Century. This is written and directed by English filmmaker Paul Greengrass, his latest since making News of the World and The Lost Bus most recently. In plague-ravaged 14th century England a farmer peasant triggers a rebellion against King Richard II and unintentionally becomes a legend of resistance. Andrew Garfield stars in this historical epic as Wat Tyler, a real folk hero from British history. During the English Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, a farmer becomes a leader of the rebellion against the Crown. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years’ War, and instability within the local leadership of London. Also starring Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman, Katherine Waterston, Stanley Townsend, Sky Yang, Jamie Maclachlan. This looks awesome! Wow! Did not see this coming. An inspiring revolutionary movie to kick off the fall! Let’s go.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Paul Greengrass’ action thriller The Uprising, from YouTube:
“There will be no peace until we are free.” “For all you’ve taken from us, all that we’ve lost – time to pay.”
“Rise or die.” ⚔️ Andrew Garfield stars as the legendary leader, Wat Tyler, of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II – who was only 14 years old at the time. As war burns across England, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival. The Uprising movie is both written and directed by acclaimed English filmmaker Paul Greengrass, of the movies Resurrected, The Theory of Flight, Bloody Sunday, The Bourne Supremacy, United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum, Green Zone, Captain Phillips, Jason Bourne, 22 July, News of the World, and The Lost Bus previously. Produced by Jason Blum, Paul Greengrass, Gregory Goodman, Joanna Kaye, Joe Neurauter, and Lars Sylvest. Made by Blumhouse Productions, Thank You Pictures, Supernix. Focus Features will release Paul Greengrass’ The Uprising movie in US theaters starting September 11th, 2026 this fall. Who’s interested? Looking good?
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