Trailer Drop · Official Trailer · 29 October 2026
A literature professor faces his former student across an interrogation table in Stalin’s Moscow. The Daily Wire has released the official trailer for Confession, a period thriller from The Painted Bird director Václav Marhoul with a cast led by Rob Lowe and James Franco, and it arrives exclusively on DailyWire+ on 11 November.
Inside the Lubyanka
Set in 1938, the film follows Alexei, a disillusioned former literature professor who is arrested and taken to Moscow’s infamous Lubyanka Prison. There he is interrogated by Vladimir, his brilliant and brutal former student.
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nick Nolte, Richard Brake, Emile Hirsch, Brad Dourif and Dean Norris complete a heavyweight ensemble. Ben Shapiro wrote the screenplay and produces with Dallas Sonnier, Rob Lowe, Travis Mills and Amanda Presmyk. For more new trailers, see our The Rings of Power Season 3 Leads This Week’s Trailer Radar.
Film at a Glance
- Film: Confession
- Trailer: Official Trailer, 1 minute 44 seconds (The Daily Wire)
- Genre: Period drama thriller
- Director: Václav Marhoul
- Writer: Ben Shapiro
- Cast: Rob Lowe, James Franco, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nick Nolte, Richard Brake, Emile Hirsch, Brad Dourif, Dean Norris
- Platform: DailyWire+, from 11 November 2026
- UK availability: UK availability not yet confirmed