
In the film, a father (Michael Shannon), goes on the run to protect his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boy’s special powers. What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government.
As the FBI starts to closes in on something for which there is no precedent, they enlist the help of NSA agent Sevier, a bright, instinctual, backpack-toting analyst with a couple days’ worth of beard, played by Adam Driver. He’s not quite government-issue but that doesn’t mean Sevier is any less focused on the job. He just takes a different approach.

Director-writer Jeff Nichols credits the actor with helping to make Sevier both credible and individual. “Adam worked out details that I hadn’t written or that maybe I’d only started to scratch the surface of. Sevier is very much an analog guy in a digital age, so he has this ridiculous recorder that he puts in front of subjects despite the fact that there are people sitting behind him typing every word into a Macintosh. He’s writing on legal pads. He uses dry-erase boards and sticky notes. But I like that he’s a tactile thinker, and Adam helped me to bring that out in a way that didn’t feel silly but rather human.”

Additionally, notes producer Sarah Green, “Adam brings a little lightness to a heavy situation because he makes Sevier so charming and earnest.”

“Midnight Special” will be shown starting April 20 exclusively at Cinema 2000 group of theaters, namely Century City, Commercenter, Eastwood, Festival Mall and Shang Cineplex. The film is distributed in the Philipines by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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