It’s been a long time coming, but the first trailer for The Road has arrived. Based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, the film follows Viggo Mortensen as a father on a journey with his son through a blasted, dangerous, post-apocalyptic world. The buzz on this film has been blindingly positive for a long time now, and after seeing the trailer it’s easy to understand why. It’s taken Dimension forever to get around to it, but The Road finally gets released in October of this year. Watch the trailer to find out why you need to be excited about facing the end of the world with Viggo.

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