20th Century Studios just dropped the first teaser for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Bruce‑Springsteen‑makes‑Nebraska biopic we didn’t know we needed until Jeremy Allen White opened his mouth and out came a gravelly Jersey yawp. According to Pitchfork, the film hits theaters on October 24, 2025, and follows the stripped‑down 1982 sessions that turned a four‑track recorder and a bedroom floorboard into one of Springsteen’s most mythologized albums.
A Voice Like No Other
The trailer wastes zero time introducing White’s take on The Boss. Clad in a denim jacket that probably smells like engine oil and sea spray, he strolls into a used‑car lot and deadpans, “Never owned a new car before.” When the salesman calls him “a handsome devil rock star,” White’s Springsteen fires back, “Well, that makes one of us.” Then we hear him sing—yes, that’s actually White grinding through the refrain of “Atlantic City,” and it’s more convincing than any lip‑sync performance Bohemian Rhapsody ever sold us.
Meet the Nebraska Crew
The supporting cast looks like someone raided the Character‑Actor Hall of Fame: Jeremy Strong trades Kendall Roy’s turtlenecks for Jon Landau’s sideburns, sparring with David Krumholtz’s clench‑jawed label suit Al Teller over whether these bleak demos are commercial suicide. Paul Walter Hauser plays Mike Batlan, the recording engineer tasked with turning Springsteen’s bedroom ghost stories into vinyl, while Odessa Young steps in as Faye, the Jersey muse who occasionally reminds Bruce there’s a world outside the tape machine. Strong gets the trailer’s mission statement: “This is not about the charts—this is about Bruce Springsteen. And these are the songs he wants to work on right now.”
Garden State Backdrop
Director Scott Cooper keeps the camera parked squarely on New Jersey: the Asbury Park boardwalk, rusting diners, and a beach that looks like it still owes the mob money. If the trailer is any indication, the film will fetishize every neon sign and salt‑stained brick Springsteen ever romanticized. Even the love story with Faye unspools against the roar of crashing waves, because nothing says timeless romance like seagulls fighting over french fries.
Fixing Holes and Facing Ghosts
Over a montage of reel‑to‑reel tape and late‑night motel rooms, Strong’s Landau explains Springsteen’s headspace: “Bruce is a repairman… what he’s doing with this album is repairing that hole in his floor. He’s repairing that hole in himself. And once he’s done that, he’s going to repair the entire world.” It’s a lofty sales pitch for an album that famously opens with a double murder, but sure—rock mythos demands grandeur. White told Variety last year he would “try” to hit the notes and meet Springsteen once he’d “had a bit of my own process.” Apparently that process involved perfecting the thousand‑yard stare and learning how to mumble poetic despair on cue.
Release Date and Where to Watch
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere rolls into theaters on October 24, 2025, distributed by 20th Century Studios (per Disney’s press release). Expect every record‑store‑guy on your timeline to tweet the Nebraska tracklist in celebratory order the minute the film drops.
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