New HOSTILES Trailer Experience the new HOSTILES trailer! The film, written and directed by Scott Cooper (Black Mass, Crazy Heart), stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Peter Mullan, Stephen Lang, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, and Ben Foster. HOSTILES will be released in theaters on December 22. In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.