Watch: Sydney Sweeney & Halsey Are Teaming Up With Paul Walter Hauser For A Violent Modern Day Western Thriller About Native American Artifacts? Original Movies Are Fucking BACK!
(Deadline) - 'Americana' follows a gallery of dynamic characters as they clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer. Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past.
This movie looks like an absolute banger and while the plot sounds intriguing, can we talk about the eye candy for a second? WHAT A LINEUP! They hired some of the hottest actors in Hollywood for this one folks. Of course I'm referring to America's #1 sexpot Paul Walter Hauser, who is not only a living legend but also just an adorable sonofagun.
Lovelorn military veteran vibes? Cowboy hats? Pure unadulterated murder? LFG!
Let's just hope they didn't hire Jamie Taco though.
And as we slide down the slightly less hot scale, there's also Sydney Sweeney & Halsey teaming up in this too. They don't quite have the Mt. Vesivius scorching fire flame sex appeal of Paul but, they're still okay, I guess.
Here was their last team up on camera, for reference:
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And as that last picture shows, these girls got range! They're not afraid to play around and really get into the body of totally unique character. Have we ever seen Sydney play a shy small town girl? Now we fucking WILL. That's exciting.
The trailer definitely gave me some early Tarantino vibes, which was funny to see called out a few seconds later as a media plug. Apparently this movie CRUSHED at SXSW back in 2023 but just found a buyer this year. It came out of that festival with a 100% RT score and had a lot of hype around it. Don't think a trailer would drop in the middle of Cannes unless that studio was really excited about stirring up conversation.
So many movies fail to do the "Let's show you 8 unrelated characters in the beginning and OMG guess what ALL their plots intersect at Minute 90" and what started as a cool idea gets churned out into unintelligible slop. I'd say my best example of that working exceptionally would be something like 'Magnolia', that's top of the walk for me. Tame the cunt etc.
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I'm not expecting that level of greatness here but I also have 101% faith my guy PWH would not do a script he doesn't whole heartedly believe in. Which is extremely impressive for him since he's been in around 120 movies & TV Shows in the past few years, majority of them #bangers. And now he's about to play Chris Farley in a biopic, be in the new 'Fantastic Four', the 'Naked Gun' reboot, and on it goes. Quite possibly the most talented actor alive today and someone who is continually pushing the envelope on what kind of characters he can play too. An actor's actor.
I'll always root for him since he is the #1 kindest guest (tied with Danny DeVito + Mac) I've ever met in Barstool HQ. He was here doing promo not for a movie… but for his own wrestling character? Apparently in between making big time movies Paul has been moonlighting as an indie wrestler. Not for a role, not for a documentary, just for THE LOVE OF THE GAME.
Absolute fucking legend mate.
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Getting to chat with him about his upcoming movies, what it was like working with Tim Robinson, how cool it was to be on 'Always Sunny', he was simply a delight. And just so casually cool. A guy that gives you that vibe you've known each other for years, 5 minutes after saying hi.
So go out and support my BFFs movie on August 22nd. There has definitely been a lull lately when it comes to A+ original content in the cinema. If we don't put our asses in those seats, those studio executive bastards are just gonna keep pumping great theatre experiences right into On Demand. Fuck that. We need the whole Juggalo army for this one. 4 LIFE.
PS: here's more research on Sydney & Halsey playing other characters. They can be shy, sporty, sad, salacious, probably some other words too but you get the point.
GO SEE AMERICANA ON AUGUST 22ND!