Stephen Gaghan’s ‘Gold’ with Matthew McConaughey gets Christmas debut

Gold, the forthcoming Stephen Gaghan directed drama, which stars Matthew McConaughey, has been given a Christmas debut in the U.S., potentially opening it up for Oscar season voting.

Variety reports that McConaughey stars as a modern-day prospector desperate for a lucky break who teams up with a similarly eager geologist — played by Edgar Ramirez — and sets off to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. The film is inspired by a true story, the screenplay written by written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman.

The film is being described as an adventure-drama.

As you can see from the image below, McConaughey sports quite the ‘do’ in the flick.

Matthew @McConaughey's "Gold" gets Christmas release https://t.co/8EvtSXTfBh pic.twitter.com/2Xn30s0pUE

— Variety (@Variety) July 21, 2016

Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Bruce Greenwood and Stacy Keach also star in the film, which will be released on Christmas Day, a Sunday, the only film to open on that day.

The film is still awaiting a UK release. More as it comes in.