Apple Original Films drops new ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ trailer: ‘We have so many deaths we’ve lost count.’ [Watch]

To continue to build anticipation for the new Martin Scorsese-directed feature “Killers of the Flower Moon” that’s being released in theaters via Paramount Pictures on October 20, Apple Original Films dropped a new trailer (its second) this morning that takes viewers deeper into the storyline of the $200 million Western epic. The trailer and film focus on the murders of a number of wealthy Osage Nation members for their oil money in 1920s Oklahoma. It reunites Scorsese with his longtime acting collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio – who plays Ernest Buckhart, the charmingly conniving husband of Osage oil heiress Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone) – and Robert De Niro, who portrays the villainous business magnate William Hale.  Watch the new trailer above.

The film earned rave notices out of its Cannes Film Festival world premiere in May. It’s been at or near the top of the combined Oscar handicap odds at Gold Derby since it premiered, running second in the early Best Picture race behind “Oppenheimer,” second in Best Director (Scorsese) trailing only “Oppenheimer’s” Christopher Nolan, second in lead actor (DiCaprio) behind “Oppenheimer’s” Cillian Murphy, second in supporting actor (De Niro) behind only “Oppenheimer’s” Robert Downey Jr., and first in supporting actress (Gladstone) by a wide margin. The early reviews out of Cannes have earned DiCaprio and De Niro in particular some of the best notices of their careers.

Here is a detailed plot summary of “Killers of the Flower Moon”:

At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told through the improbably romance of Ernest Burthart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone), ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is an epic Western crime saga where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Also starring De Niro and Jesse Plemons, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is directed by Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Scorsese, based on David Grann’s bestselling book.

After “Killers of the Flower Moon” goes wide in theaters in October, the 206-minute film will begin streaming on Apple TV+ at a date still to be determined.