First BASTARDS Trailer Enjoy the first BASTARDS trailer! The film, directed by Lawrence Sher, stars Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J.K. Simmons, Glenn Close, Ving Rhames, Harry Shearer, and Katt Williams. BASTARDS will be released in theaters on January 27, 2017. Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.