Trailer for 'Being Flynn' starring Robert De Niro & Paul Dano

By Anthony Pearson Nov 15, 2011, 19:20 GMT

Academy Award-nominated writer-director Paul Weitz (ABOUT A BOY) turns his hand to this moving portrait of fathers and sons. Based on a true story, BEING FLYNN follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THERE WILL BE BLOOD) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly.Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in ...more

We have added the first trailer for "About a Boy" director Paul Weitz' upcoming drama, "Being Flynn."

The film, a true story, is based on the memoirs of American writer and poet Nick Flynn.

Being Flynn's impressive cast includes Paul Dano, Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Olivia Thirlby, Dale Dickey, Lili Taylor, Victor Rasuk, Billy Wirth, Greg Paul, Katherine Waterston and Joe Urban.

Watch the trailer for "Being Flynn" below;



"Being Flynn" is expected for release in Spring of 2012.

Academy Award-nominated writer-director Paul Weitz (ABOUT A BOY) turns his hand to this moving portrait of fathers and sons. Based on a true story, BEING FLYNN follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THERE WILL BE BLOOD) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (JUNO's Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can't outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too.