Lionsgate has released the first trailer for Desperation Road, a Southern-set neo-noir crime thriller starring Mel Gibson and Garrett Hedlund. The film is also based on the novel of the same name by Michael Farris Smith, who also wrote the script for the movie. In the film,. “In a small Mississippi town, justice and the law are two very different things. Mel Gibson (Braveheart), Garret Hedlund (TRON: Legacy), and Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Series) star in a modern noir thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Farris Smith about two lost souls tortured by the mistakes of their past and bound by a secret that keeps them running.”The movie also stars Ryan Hurst, Woody McClain, Katy Bodenhamer, Kat Foster, Ella Thomas, Pyper Braun, Michael Milligan, and Shiloh Fernandez.Desperation Road is directed by Nadine Crocker and it’s set to be released on October 6, 2023, and will be available in select theaters, on demand, and on digital storefronts.