Hilarious Trailer #2 for Elba & Cena’s ‘Heads of State’ Action Comedy
by Alex Billington
June 4, 2025
Source: YouTube
“The world thinks I look cool with a gun in my hand!” Ha. Prime Video has debuted the second trailer for an action comedy movie called Heads of State, which will be ready to watch in July – though streaming only (not in theaters at all). A wild, totally bonkers fun action comedy movie from Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller, also behind the action hits Nobody and Hardcore Henry previously. Two heads are better than one. Idris Elba plays the UK Prime Minister and John Cena plays the US President – the two “Heads of State” have a public rivalry that risks their countries’ alliance. But when they become targets of a powerful enemy, they’re forced to rely on each other as they end up on a crazy multinational run. Allied with Noel, a brilliant MI6 agent, they must find a way to thwart a conspiracy that threatens the free world. The film also stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stephen Root, Carla Gugino, Jack Quaid, Sarah Niles, and Paddy Considine – who is narrating this trailer (though he sounds & looks a lot like Sharlto Copley). There’s some ridiculous humor in this and the action looks absurdly over-the-top – it might just be a good time in the end.
Here’s the second trailer for Ilya Naishuller’s action comedy Heads of State, direct from PV’s YouTube:
You can watch the very first trailer for Ilya Naishuller’s Heads of State movie right here for more footage.
In the action-comedy Heads of State, the UK Prime Minister Sam Clarke (Idris Elba) and U.S. President Will Derringer (John Cena) have a not-so-friendly and very public rivalry that jeopardizes their countries’ “special relationship.” But when they become the targets of a powerful and ruthless foreign adversary—who proves more than a match for the two leaders’ security forces—they are begrudgingly forced to rely on the only two people they can trust: each other. Allied with brilliant MI6 agent Noel Bisset (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), they must go on the run and find a way to work together long enough to thwart a global conspiracy that threatens everyone. Heads of State is directed by the Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller, director of the films Hardcore Henry and Nobody, plus lots of shorts and Danila Poperechniy: FUN/LIFE doc. The screenplay is written by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec and Harrison Query; from a story by Harrison Query. Produced by John Rickard and Peter Safran. Prime Video debuts Ilya Naishuller’s Heads of State movie streaming on Prime Video worldwide starting on July 2nd, 2025 in the middle of the summer.
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