A24 unveils the first official footage from Eddington, Ari Aster’s genre-defying new film set at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Set in the arid isolation of New Mexico, the story centers on Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix), a measured enforcer of public health mandates, and Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), a defiant populist whose rhetoric fractures the already tense town. Emma Stone plays Louise Cross, Joe’s conflicted wife, while Austin Butler delivers a chilling performance as cult leader Vernon Jefferson Peak, injecting spiritual extremism into an already divided community. With cinematography by Darius Khondji and a score by Bobby Krlic and Daniel Pemberton, Eddingtoncaptures the paranoia, power plays, and moral erosion of a nation in crisis.