Watch the Brutal New Trailer for the State-of-the-art Western ‘King Ivory’ [Exclusive]

James Badge Dale is a cop on the edge in the modern-day Wild West of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the fresh action thriller King Ivory. Collider has an exclusive first look at the film’s brutal fresh trailer. It will be released in theaters nationwide on November 14. In the trailer, Tulsa is caught in the grips of the fentanyl crisis. The crisis just became personal for vice cop Layne West (Dale); his troubled son, Jack (Jasper Jones), is hooked on the addictive drug, and it’s only hardened his resolve to bring the entire supply chain down.

Together with his partner Ty (George Carroll), and FBI agent Beatty (Rory Cochrane), he’s after a rogues gallery of criminals, including the cartel’s top Tulsa man Ramón Garza (Michael Mando), imprisoned Indian Brotherhood leader Holt Lightfeather (Graham Greene), and the Irish mob’s Greene family, including George “Smiley” Greene (Ben Foster), along with his mother, Ginger (Melissa Leo), and his uncle Mickey (Ritchie Coster). Can West stay within the law, or will he have to break the oaths he’s taken? You’ll have to catch King Ivory next month.

Who Are the Stars of ‘King Ivory’?

James Badge Dale frequently plays characters in law enforcement or the military; he recently starred as Ray Abruzzo on Hightown, which also dealt with the opiod crisis, and is set to appear on the upcoming AppleTV+ drama The Savant with Jessica Chastain. Rapper/actor Carroll, also known as Slaine, has starred in The Town and Killing Them Softly; he will next appear alongside Glen Powell in The Running Man. A veteran of CSI: Miami, Cochrane recently recurred on Yellowstone, and will star in Paramount+’s true-crime minseries Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey. Mando broke out playing the conflicted Nacho on Better Call Saul; he is set to reprise his role as Mac Gargan/the Scorpion in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The overdue Greene was Oscar-nominated for his role in Dances With Wolves, and recently starred on Echo and Tulsa King; King Ivory was one of his final performances. Leo won an Oscar for her performance in The Fighter and also starred on the series Homicide: Life on the Street and Treme. Foster is known for his portrayal of men on the edge in films like Leave No Trace and Hell or High Water; he can next be seen opposite Sydney Sweeney in the boxing drama Christy. Tough-guy character actor Coster has appeared on True Detective and Tulsa King; he can currently be seen as ex-criminal Shinwell Johnson on CBS’ Watson.

King Ivory was written and directed by John Swab (Candy Land), who was inspired to make the film by his own struggles with addiction and first-hand research into the ongoing fentanyl crisis. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.

King Ivory will be released in theaters nationwide on November 14. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.

Release Date

November 28, 2025

Runtime

130 minutes

Director

John Swab

Writers

John Swab