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Wardriver

IN THEATERS MARCH 20

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, PROVIDENCE RI, CONNECTICUT
MORE THEATERS COMING SOON

ON DIGITAL MARCH 27

Wardriver

IN THEATERS MARCH 20

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, PROVIDENCE RI, CONNECTICUT
MORE THEATERS COMING SOON

ON DIGITAL MARCH 27

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Wardriver

Cole (Dane DeHaan) prowls the city “Wardriving”—hacking from his car and stealing on the move. He convinces himself no one gets hurt, until black-market tech predator Oscar (Mamoudou Athie) forces him into a million-dollar cyber-heist. The job exposes a mob lawyer (Jeffrey Donovan) using Sarah (Sasha Calle) to launder his fortune. As bullets fly and betrayals close in, Cole must risk everything to return the money, protect Sarah, and survive a deadly game of cat-and-mouse where every line of code could be his last.

Run time

1h 33m

Genres:

Action, Thriller, Crime

Director

REBECCA THOMAS ('Stranger Things', 'Archive 81')

Writer

DANIEL CASEY (Fast & Furious 9: The Fast Saga)

Producers

TIM WHITE (Fair Play, King Richard, The Post)
TREVOR WHITE (Fair Play, King Richard, The Post)
DAVID M. WULF (Call Jane, The Card Counter)

Cast

DANE DEHAAN (Oppenheimer, The Amazing Spiderman 2)
SASHA CALLE (The Flash)
MAMOUDOU ATHIE (Underwater, Uncorked)
JEFFREY DONOVAN ('Burn Notice')
WILLIAM BELLEAU (Killers of the Flower Moon)

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Dane Dehaan

Dane Dehaan

Cole

Sasha Calle

Sasha Calle

Sarah

Mamoudou Athie

Mamoudou Athie

Oscar

Jeffrey Donovan

Jeffrey Donovan

Bilson

William Belleau

William Belleau

Doug

Rebecca Thomas

Rebecca Thomas

Director

Director's Statement

When I first read the script, I felt an immediate pulse—dark, obsessive, and intimate. It had that raw Taxi Driver energy I’ve always loved, and as someone who’s often pegged for female-driven narratives, I was excited to dive into a story centered on a morally gray male lead. I saw an opportunity to explore something unexpected: a character study built on restraint, guilt, and quiet delusion.

Cole, in particular, struck a nerve. A lonely figure stealing money under the guise of helping—his Robin Hood logic felt eerily familiar. Ironically, it reminded me of my time as a Mormon missionary in Japan: a year and a half of adventure, heartbreak, and what I once believed was altruism. No one asked for Cole’s help, just like no one asked for mine.

Looking back, I often wonder—who did I actually help, and who did I hurt? These questions shaped the entire visual language of the film. The camera stays close to Cole—measured, patient, always watching. Every gesture, every silence is intentional. The cinematography and sound design are tightly constructed around Dane DeHaan’s performance, which anchors the film with tension and ambiguity. As the story unfolds, and twists begin to reveal themselves, we’re asked not only what’s real—but whether true help is even possible when we’re all limited by our own deeply human blind spots.

Photo courtesy of The Avenue.

Cole built a life that could disappear. Now it won’t let him.

Dane Dehaan in the Action Crime-Thriller film WARDRIVER, a The Avenue release.

Photo courtesy of The Avenue.