Lionsgate has released the first trailer for “She Rides Shotgun,” presenting Taron Egerton as an ex-con forced back onto the road to shield his 11-year-old daughter from a vengeful prison gang. The studio confirmed a limited U.S. theatrical launch for 1 August, with digital platforms to follow later in the month.
Adapted from Jordan Harper’s Edgar-winning 2017 novel, the film pairs Egerton with newcomer Ana Sophia Heger, whose character Polly learns outlaw skills while travelling southern backroads. Early reactions from genre outlets hail the trailer’s stripped-down violence and the tense chemistry between the leads.
Irish director Nick Rowland (Calibre) steers the picture from a script by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, retooling Harper’s story into what Rowland has called “a lean chase movie about family loyalty.” Fifth Season financed production alongside Makeready and Superfrog, with Egerton taking an executive-producer credit.
Principal photography ran through January and February 2024 on location in New Mexico, where state incentives covered up to thirty-five percent of qualified spend. The shoot employed more than 60 crew members and 275 local performers, according to the New Mexico Film Office, injecting several million dollars into rural communities outside Albuquerque.
The adaptation has travelled a long road to screen: Egerton signed on in mid-2023 after a festival screening of Rowland’s The Shadow of Violence impressed Harper and producers. Industry insiders note that Lionsgate’s acquisition arrived only last month, reflecting a competitive landscape in which mid-budget thrillers with proven literary hooks are increasingly valuable to distributors seeking theatrical breadth ahead of streaming windows.
With its gritty premise, sparse 100-minute running time and the star power of the Kingsman actor, She Rides Shotgun is positioned as late-summer counter-programming against studio tent-poles. The trailer’s release also places Egerton firmly back in the spotlight after his recent streaming-only outings, and analysts will be watching whether the picture’s dual-platform strategy can extend the commercial punch of Harper’s source material.
