HOT PURSUIT First Trailer The debut trailer for the upcoming movie HOT PURSUIT was just released. The film, directed by Anne Fletcher (The Guilt Trip, The Proposal), stars Sofía Vergara, Reese Witherspoon, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Kazinsky, Richard T. Jones, and Joaquín Cosío. HOT PURSUIT will be released in theaters on May 8. In “Hot Pursuit,” an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.