Latest THE GLASS CASTLE Clips and More Promotional Videos Witness the latest THE GLASS CASTLE clips and more promotional videos! The film, written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12), stars Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson, and Sarah Snook. THE GLASS CASTLE will be released in theaters on August 11. A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children’s imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.