The Uprising 2026 trailer casts Garfield as rebel farmer
Focus Features has released the first trailer for The Uprising 2026, starring Andrew Garfield as Ploughman, a grieving farmer who leads a rebellion against King Richard II. Paul Greengrass wrote and directed the historical drama, inspired by England's 1381 Peasants' Revolt, with a theatrical release set for September 11.
Key Takeaways
- The first trailer for The Uprising 2026 shows Andrew Garfield as Ploughman, a farmer pushed into leading a revolt.
- Paul Greengrass wrote and directed the Focus Features drama about the 1381 Peasants' Revolt.
- Garfield's character mourns family lost to plague and rises after unfair taxes hit his village.
- The ensemble includes Jamie Bell, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, and more.
- Theaters get The Uprising on Friday, September 11.
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What is The Uprising 2026 about?
According to IndieWire, Greengrass' film dramatizes the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, when poor Englishmen rebelled against King Richard II after the Black Death.
People reports Garfield plays Ploughman, still grieving his wife and children's deaths from the bubonic plague seven years earlier. When unfair taxes fall on working-class villagers, he somewhat unintentionally steps up to lead the fight against the king's rule.
An official synopsis casts him as the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion who forms an army of the people as war burns across England, in a fight for justice and survival.
Who else stars in The Uprising with Andrew Garfield?
The cast includes Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman, Katherine Waterston, and Sky Yang.
Producers include Greengrass alongside Jason Blum, Gregory Goodman, Joanna Kaye, Joe Neurauter, and Lars Sylvest. Greengrass told People the idea took shape during the pandemic while he looked for a story about England that still felt universal.
He linked the revolt's power to ordinary people taking center stage, and said the writing echoed a modern sense of anger and disenfranchisement without making a party-political point.
When does The Uprising hit theaters?
Focus Features is releasing The Uprising in theaters on Friday, September 11. IndieWire notes Greengrass is going further into the past than in earlier fact-based films such as United 93, Captain Phillips, and The Lost Bus.
People says Greengrass chose Garfield for a mix of strength and vulnerability, comparing that ordinary-hero quality to stars he has directed before. The director praised Garfield for balancing action, emotion, and a distant historical world that still feels contemporary.