First Teaser Trailer for 'Killing Castro' with Diego Boneta & Al Pacino by Alex Billington November 12, 2026Source: YouTube "Don't be afrai
First Teaser Trailer for ‘Killing Castro’ with Diego Boneta & Al Pacino
by Alex Billington
November 12, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Don’t be afraid… I’m with the US government. We have some things to discuss.” Lionsgate has revealed an official teaser trailer for a movie called Killing Castro, a thriller based on a true story from the 1960s. This is being sent to theaters and VOD right away starting in December just before the year’s over. In 1960, Fidel Castro comes to America to speak at the United Nations. However, he is invited by Malcolm X to stay in Harlem at the eminent Hotel Theresa. Unsure of his intentions, the FBI, CIA and the Mafia, all attempt to eliminate him by any means necessary. (Alas – he died much later in 2016.) After arriving in town, Castro unexpectedly relocates to Harlem’s Hotel Theresa at the invitation of Malcolm X, a CIA operative, a newborn translator, and a hotel worker all become embroiled in a covert plot against Castro to turn this tightening web of political tension and surveillance into a defining moment in history. Starring Diego Boneta, Xolo Maridueña, KiKi Layne, Alexander Ludwig, Ron Livingston, Nicole Beharie, Titus Welliver, Frankie Faison, Kendrick Sampson, Paul Ben-Victor, with Logan Marshall-Green & Al Pacino (for real!!). What a strange movie – just like with the Travolta JFK movie also out this fall. Huh. Get a look.
Here’s the first teaser trailer (+ poster) for Eif Rivera’s film Killing Castro, direct from YouTube:
From Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson & DJ Khaled, Killing Castro is a gripping political thriller set against one of the most volatile flashpoints of the Cold War, and unfolds in 1960 New York where a convergence of forces — including the CIA, FBI and the Mafia — begins to close in on Fidel Castro (Diego Boneta) to stop him from making a pivotal speech at the United Nations after rising to power in Cuba. But when Castro unexpectedly relocates to Harlem’s Hotel Theresa at the invitation of Malcolm X (Kendrick Sampson), there a mysterious CIA operative (Al Pacino), a newborn translator (Xolo Maridueña), and a hotel worker (KiKi Layne) all become embroiled in a covert plot against Castro to turn this tightening web of political tension and surveillance into a defining moment in history. Killing Castro is directed by the music video director / filmmaker Eif Rivera, also director of all of the “Power Book” series previously. The screenplay is written by Thomas V. DeGrezia and Leon Hendrix III, based on the screenplay by Colin Bateman. Produced by Christina Weiss Lurie and Brad Feinstein. Lionsgate debuts Rivera’s Killing Castro thriller film in select US theaters on December 11th, then on VOD starting December 18th, 2026 this fall. Who’s interested?
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