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Combining grit, gunfire and a morally tangled hero can powerfully reimagine the classic Western genre through a modern, kinetic lens. That’s certainly true with the upcoming action-thriller, ‘Normal,’ in which justice is messy, violence is unpredictable and nothing is quite as ordinary as it seems.

The new film is the latest pairing between actor Bob Odenkirk with ‘John Wick’ creator Derek Kolstad and ‘Nobody’ producer Marc Provissiero. Kolstad wrote ‘Normal,’ which was directed by Ben Wheatley. Provissiero, Kolstad and Odenkirk also produced the drama. Besides Odenkirk, the movie also stars Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Reena Jolly, Peter Shinkoda, Jess McLeod and Derek Barnes.

‘Normal’ follow Sheriff Ulysses (Odenkirk), an unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past who moves to a small, sleepy town for his latest assignment. His provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern American town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty.

But when the sheriff responds to a botched bank robbery, he unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive. The seemingly tranquil municipality’s dark secret is then inadvertently exposed, which leads Ulysses to quickly discovers that the town is anything but its namesake.

Magnolia Pictures will distribute the USA-Canada co-production in theaters nationwide on April 17. Before its official release, ‘Normal’ had its World Premiere, in the Midnight Madness at last year’s Toronto Film Festival.

The neo-Western then went on to have its US Premiere at this month’s SXSW Film Festival. The drama was shown on 35mm on Sunday, March 15 at Austin’s Paramount Theatre. Wheatley, Odenkirk, Kolstad and Provissiero attended the US Premiere, and participated in a post-screening Q&A to discuss their experiences of reuniting to make ‘Normal.’

Watch a video of the Q&A above, and listen to our audio recording of the discussion, below.