Netflix to release Train Dreams in theaters, streaming in November

Netflix will release Train Dreams, a historical drama starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, in select U.S. theaters on November 7 and on its streaming service on November 21. The film, directed by Clint Bentley and written by Bentley and Greg Kwedar, follows Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker in the early 20th century Pacific Northwest, as he navigates grief, isolation and the relentless pace of industrial change.

The newly released trailer and poster present Train Dreams as a lyrical, visually driven portrait of ordinary lives reshaped by technological and environmental transformation. The footage sets quiet human moments against sweeping forest and mountain vistas and emphasizes the physical toll of logging and railroad work. In one exchange from the trailer, Gladys, played by Jones, tells her husband, "I didn't think you'd be home this soon," to which he replies, "I just couldn't stop walking until I got here." William H. Macy’s character, Arn Peeples, speaks to the crew about the work's gravity: "This is rough work, gentlemen. We just cut down trees that have been here for 500 years. That touches a man's soul whether you recognize it or not."