$Positions Trailer: Crypto Movie Is a Safdie Brothers-Style Nightmare | Exclusive
ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive look at the $Positions trailer, the comedy-thriller about a Midwesterner’s investment into cryptocurrency that leads to a nightmarish spiral. It is set to release on April 3, 2026, at select Alamo Drafthouse locations, as well as theatrical runs in New York, Los Angeles, and nationwide. A digital release is planned for May 12, 2026.
The movie follows a “blue-collar Midwesterner who risks everything by investing his family’s savings into speculative cryptocurrency—only to spiral into a nightmarish, anxiety-fueled gambling addiction,” according to the film’s official synopsis.
Check out an exclusive look at the $Positions trailer below (watch other trailers):
What happens in the $Positions trailer?
The $Positions trailer follows the story of a man who empties out his family’s savings account to invest in a new, speculative cryptocurrency. However, when the market crashes, it leads him into a spiral that has him trying any and all means to find money to recoup his losses, as well as pay for his father’s medical treatments.
The movie is written and directed by Brandon Daley and stars Michael Kunicki, Vinny Kress, Trevor Dawkins, and Kaylyn Carter. The film had its world premiere at SXSW and also played at Fantasia Fest, where the movie drew comparisons to the Safdie Brothers’ chaotic style.
“After spending years working on my debut feature, I am so excited that $Positions has finally found a distribution partner with Dark Star Pictures,” said Daley in a statement on the movie. “I make visceral comedies that provoke a wide range of feelings, such as nausea and/or anxiety, so Dark Star really felt like a perfect home for us. $Positions is a story about hope in the face of hopelessness; having faith that things are bound to work out despite the fact that they never have before. Much like my protagonist, it’s not my logic that got me to this point, but instead my unrelenting faith.”
Source: Comingsoon.net