CAPTAIN FANTASTIC Trailer Debut Witness the first CAPTAIN FANTASTIC trailer! The film, written and directed by Matt Ross, stars Viggo Mortensen, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, Missi Pyle, and Frank Langella. CAPTAIN FANTASTIC will be released in theaters on July 8. In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.