Dreamin' Wild

30 years after it was recorded, the 1978 debut album of brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson is rediscovered long after they have given up on their rock n roll dreams.

• Casey Affleck as Donnie Emerson
  • Noah Jupe as young Donnie
• Zooey Deschanel as Nancy
• Walton Goggins as Joe Emerson
  • Jack Dylan Grazer as young Joe
• Beau Bridges as Don Sr.
• Chris Messina as Matt Sullivan

In April 2019, it was announced Bill Pohlad would direct, write, and produce a biographical film about Donnie and Joe Emerson, with Focus Features set to distribute.^[5] In October 2021, Casey Affleck, Noah Jupe, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Messina, Jack Dylan Grazer and Walton Goggins joined the cast of the film.^[6]

Principal photography began in October 2021, in Spokane, Washington.^[7]

The film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2022.^[8][9] In March 2023, Roadside Attractions acquired distribution rights to the film, and scheduled a release date on August 4, 2023.^[10]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 60 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "The thoughtful and well-acted Dreamin' Wild honors the creative impulse and the faith it takes to will a dream into reality."^[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[12]