‘Causeway’ on Apple TV+: Trailer, Cast, Premiere Date and More

Apple TV+ and A24’s upcoming drama Causeway, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry, follows a military engineer Lynsey as she returns to New Orleans after getting injured in Afghanistan. This isn’t the streamer’s first military-focused project, as it premiered the Russo Brothers and Tom Holland’s Cherry and the Zac Efron-led war comedy The Greatest Beer Run Ever. But this one seems to shift focus from action and military propaganda, to instead, get extremely personal with its lead – which can, perhaps, be credited to the intimate direction by theater director Lila Neugebauer.

Causeway had its world premiere on September 10, 2022 at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, and was met with critical acclaim. Entertainment Weekly praised the film’s “willingness to just sit in itself quietly and observe” and Roger Ebert dubbed Henry’s performance as “electric.”

And since there’s a lot of talk surrounding the film, it’s important to know the basics. Who’s in Causeway? What is the story about? When does the film premiere? Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming drama.

Causeway Trailer:

Apple TV+ released the trailer for Causeway on October 6, 2022. At just under two minutes, the trailer introduces the film’s two leads, Lynsey (Lawrence) and James (Henry), while they’re sitting on a bench. James asks Lynsey, “Hey, you good?” as she appears to be staring off into the distance while breathing heavily. He continues, “If it gets dark, you just ride it,” to which she responds, “Yeah, how do I do that?” The trailer features slice-of-life moments through Lynsey’s recovery and budding friendship with James – who she bonds with over their traumatic experiences.

The description for the film teases that Lynsey has “a painful and slow recovery as she relearns to walk and retrains her memory,” upon her return to New Orleans. Through the journey, she “has to face memories even more aching and formative than those she had in service — a reckoning with her childhood.”

Causeway Cast

 Jennifer Lawrence joined the cast of Causeway in 2019, following her short break from acting. At the time of the announcement, the film did not have a title and was set to be produced by Scott Rudin – who has since stepped back from “all film work” due to abuse allegations. Causeway was announced as Lawrence’s “first new project” since her sabbatical, but because of COVID-19 delays, her 2021 Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up premiered first.

The cast continues with Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jayne Houdyshell, and Russell Harvard.

When Does Causeway Premiere?

Causeway will premiere in select theaters and on Apple TV+ on November 4, 2022 – making it another Apple TV+ title that will be eligible for the 2022 awards circuit, alongside Will Smith’s Emancipation film.