6:26 PM EST 1/22/2015
The new movie Black or White, starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in September and releases to theaters in the U.S. next week. They have released a new extended trailer promo which you can check out above.
Along with Costner and Spencer, they are joined by co-stars Bill Burr, Mpho Koaho, and Jillian Estell. Black or White is scheduled to hit theaters on January 30th.
Plot: Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) is widowed after the car crash death of his wife. Elliot has raised his granddaughter Eloise since his daughter died in childbirth. As he struggles with his grief, Elliot's world is turned upside-down when the child's African American grandmother Rowena (Octavia Spencer) demands that Eloise be brought under the care of her father Reggie, a drug addict who Elliot blames for the negligence that led to the death of his own daughter. Elliot finds himself deeply entrenched in a custody battle and will stop at nothing to keep his granddaughter from coming under the watch of his reckless son-in-law.
Black or White was directed by Mike Binder and written by Mike Binder. Filming of the film began in July 2013 in New Orleans and lasted for five weeks.
Spencer is best known for her role as Minny, the outspoken maid in the 2011 film The Help, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
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