‘Flight Risk’ Trailer: Pilot Mark Wahlberg Soars Over Alaskan Wilderness In Mel Gibson’s Lionsgate Thriller

On Thursday, Lionsgate unveiled the first trailer for Flight Risk, the suspense thriller teaming Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg with Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson. Marking Gibson’s first outing behind the camera since the Academy Award-nominated war drama Hacksaw Ridge for the same studio, the film is slated for release in theaters on October 18.

In Flight Risk, Wahlberg plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery), who’s been tasked with accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

Based on a script by Jared Rosenberg that made the Black List in 2020, the film is produced by Davis Entertainment, as well as Gibson and Bruce Davey through their Icon Productions. Hammerstone Studios also was a producer on the project.

This fall, Flight Risk is set to open against Searchlight Pictures’ awards contender A Real Pain, marking the sophomore directorial effort of Jesse Eisenberg, which stars Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, as well as Paramount Pictures’ horror thriller Smile 2, and an as-yet-unnamed title from Universal Pictures. Check out the first trailer for the film above.