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The Weight (I) (2026)
112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Weight (I) (2026)

112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Desperate to save what is left of his family, during the height of the Great Depression a battle-scarred veteran is hired to help smuggle a fortune in gold across 100 miles of impenetrable wilderness.

Director

Padraic McKinley

Writers

Matthew Booi (screenplay by) (story by) | Shelby Gaines (screenplay by) | Leo Scherman (story by) | Matthew Chapman (story by) (screenplay)

Producers

Nathan Fields (producer) (p.g.a.) | Simon Fields (producer) (p.g.a.) | Ryan Hawke (producer) (p.g.a.) | Jonas Katzenstein (producer) (p.g.a.) | Maximilian Leo (producer) (p.g.a.)

Composers

Latham Gaines | Shelby Gaines

Cinematographer

Matteo Cocco (director of photography)

Editors

Padraic McKinley | Matthew Woolley

Casting Director

Cassandra Han

Production Designer

Cora Pratz

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 26, 2026

Release date

Sep 18, 2026 (United States)

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Ethan Hawke Samuel Murphy Samuel Murphy See fewer	Training Day (2001)
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Austin Amelio Rankin Rankin See fewer	Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Avi Nash Singh Singh See fewer	The Walking Dead (2010)
Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen Olson Olson See fewer	1899 (2022)
Sam Hazeldine Amis Amis See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
George Burgess Letender Letender See fewer	Land of Bad (2024)
Jeffrey Lee Hallman Big Big See fewer	Cell (I) (2016)
Alec Newman Taggert Taggert See fewer	Dept. Q (2025)
Avy Berry Penny Penny See fewer	A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Cameron Brady The Man The Man See fewer	Hillside Drive
Eric Ford Flat Nose Flat Nose See fewer	The Matrix Resurrections (I) (2021)
Peter Lewys Preston Ed Akers Ed Akers See fewer	Louis van Beethoven (2020)
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