Merrick here...

The trailer for BATTLE IN SEATTLE has gone online over at movieset.

While the title sounds like a WWE event, this is actually about the machinations & chaos swirling around 1999's dramatic protest of the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle.

The project stars Martin Henderson, Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez, Ray Liotta, Connie Nielsen, and Channing Tatum. It's written & directed by Stuart Townsend (Lestat in QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, Kolchak in ABC's defunct NIGHT STALKER revival, and Dorian Gray in LXG).

I've always been fascinated by large-scale public protests & regret that it seems increasingly difficult to get mobilize people en masse (Olympic Torch protests not withstanding). People have become too fearful, too complacent, and don't care as much as they used to...I'm wondering if this movie will touch on such notions.

BATTLE IN SEATTLE is already playing film festivals & should hit theaters in September.

HERE'S THE TRAILER!!!