Colin Farrell’s Netflix Movie ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ From Edward Berger Gets Fall Release, First Look

Colin Farrell’s Netflix Movie ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ From Edward Berger Gets Fall Release, First Look

Colin Farrell is making some risky moves in the first-look photos from forthcoming Netflix feature The Ballad of a Small Player.

The streamer announced Wednesday that director Edward Berger‘s thriller film is set to screen in select U.S. theaters Oct. 15 and in select U.K. and Ireland theaters Oct. 17 before debuting on Netflix on Oct. 29. Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton also star in the movie that adapts author Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 novel of the same name.

The Ballad of a Small Player centers on a high-stakes gambler who is dealing with debts and his questionable past. While trying to keep a low profile in Macau, he ends up meeting a kindred spirit.

Berger helmed the film from a script by Rowan Joffe that is based on Osborne’s book. Berger, Mike Goodridge and Matthew James Wilkinson serve as producers. The Ballad of a Small Player is the initial feature under Berger’s first-look deal with Netflix.

This week, Farrell earned an Emmy nomination for best actor in a limited series for his titular role on Max’s The Penguin, which was also nominated for best limited series. He can soon be seen opposite Margot Robbie in director Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which hits theaters in September.

Berger directed Netflix’s 2022 film All Quiet on the Western Front, which was nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture, along with the director earning a nom for his work on the screenplay. Berger’s most recent film was the thriller Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini. The Focus Features release picked up eight Oscar noms, including a win for best adapted screenplay.