Official CAPTIVE STATE Trailer Don’t miss the official CAPTIVE STATE trailer! The film, directed by Rupert Wyatt (The Gambler, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), stars John Goodman, Vera Farmiga, D.B. Sweeney, Alan Ruck, and Kevin Dunn. CAPTIVE STATE will be released in theaters on March 29. Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents.