Philip Seymour Hoffman Appears in 2 Posthumous Movie Trailers

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The late Philip Seymour Hoffman and Eddie Marsan appear in God's Pocket, which is directed by John Slattery.

Image: Lance Acord/God's Pocket

By Brian Anthony Hernandez2014-04-15 18:41:03 UTC

Philip Seymour Hoffman, the celebrated actor who died of a drug overdose in February is set to appear in two forthcoming films. He plays a man trying to hide the truth behind his stepson's accidental death in the forthcoming God's Pocket, and appears in A Most Wanted Man, a spy thriller based on a John le Carre novel.

A trailer for God's Pocket, set in the late 1970s and based on Pete Dexter's novel of the same name, was just released and shows Hoffman in the role of Mickey Scarpato. Mad Men's Christina Hendricks stars as Mickey's wife, Jeannie.

"[Mickey's] crooked, but he's a really human guy," Hoffman explained at the Sundance Film Festival in January. "He's a guy that doesn't come first and then he realizes that he needs to come first."

God's Pocket, directed by John Slattery, will hit theaters on May 9. It's one of Hoffman's last two movie projects yet to screen; A Most Wanted Man doesn't yet have a release date. Both were screened at Sundance. Here's the Most Wanted Man trailer, released Monday:

Hoffman was found dead in his New York City home on Feb. 2. The cause of death was the result of "acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine," Julie Bolcer of NYC's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told Mashable.

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