First THE HOLLARS Trailer Check out the first THE HOLLARS trailer! The film, directed by John Krasinski, stars Krasinski, Anna Kendrick, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day, Margo Martindale, Randall Park, Josh Groban, and Richard Jenkins. THE HOLLARS will be released in theaters on August 26. Aspiring NYC artist John Hollar returns to his middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind as his dysfunctional family, high school pals, and over-eager ex flood back into his life ahead of his mother’s operation.