LION Trailer Debut Here is the first LION trailer! The film, directed by Garth Davis, stars Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman. LION will be released in theaters on November 25. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.