Samuel L. Jackson plans to fake his death in the Just Play Dead trailer. The new crime thriller is helmed by Martin Campbell, best known for working on the 007 movie Casino Royale, and more.
The official synopsis for Just Play Dead reads, “Wealthy criminal mastermind Jack Wolfe is cornered by the Feds, but you can’t arrest a dead man. His plan? Fake his death, claim a $30 million insurance payout with his grieving wife Nora, and frame her surfer lover Chad. But Nora, suffocated by Jack’s ruthless control, has her own scheme: kill Jack for real, frame Chad, and keep the fortune for herself. Jack, always a step ahead, sets a deadly trap, turning the unsuspecting lovers against each other.”
Check out the Just Play Dead trailer below:
What happens in Just Play Dead trailer?
The Just Play Dead trailer shows Samuel L. Jackson as a rich criminal mastermind, Jack Wolfe, who plans to fake his death to claim a $30 million insurance payout. He asks his wife Nora, played by Eva Green, to be a part of his scheme.
However, Nora has her own plans to keep the fortune for herself by secretly plotting Wolfe’s real death with her surfer lover Chad, played by Jason Fernández. What eventually follows is a cat-and-mouse game between these characters.
Besides Jackson and Green, the cast also includes Eoin Macken (Ransom Canyon, The Night Shift, Till Death) and María Pedraza (Toy Boy, Elite, Money Heist).
Just Play Dead has Dan Gordon as the writer, known for The Hurricane and Murder in the First, among others. The producers on the crime thriller include Valentin Dimitrov, Sagiv Diamant, Phil Hunt, Mario Reinach, and Moshe Diamant.
Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier, Henry Winterstern, and Sean Maurer are serving as executive producers alongside Peter Jarowey, Rich Goldberg, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Vertical’s Just Play Dead will release in select theaters on August 28, 2026, and on digital on September 1, 2026.
Originally reported by Mintu Kumar Tomar on ComingSoon.
