{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c2b7343bc02174f96fa507c3","clusterId":"c_990cd27915f6f6d8b10fb0b1","slug":"bob-odenkirk-s-normal-gets-december-11-japan-release","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Bob Odenkirk's NORMAL Gets December 11 Japan Release","summary":"The action film NORMAL, starring Bob Odenkirk, is confirmed for a December 11 release in Japan, with a trailer and poster released alongside the announcement. Derek Kolstad wrote the script and Ben Wheatley directed. Odenkirk plays Ulysses, a temporary sheriff in a rural town who learns a secret about the town after a bank robbery and is attacked by all 1,890 townspeople. Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, and Brendan Fletcher also star.","whyItMatters":"The Japan release puts a Kolstad-scripted, Wheatley-directed action film with Odenkirk producing and co-writing the story into a market that already knows the John Wick and Nobody names attached to it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe film is set in Normal, a rural town in the United States, where a bank robbery leads the temporary sheriff Ulysses to uncover a secret about the town. After that, all 1,890 residents turn on him at once, and he fights back.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdenkirk co-wrote the original story and produced the film with Kolstad. Ben Wheatley directed, and the cast includes Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, and Brendan Fletcher. The trailer shows the town\u0026#39;s residents, from sheriff\u0026#39;s deputies to the hardware store owner to the grandmother at the handicraft shop, attacking Ulysses.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"NORMAL, starring Bob Odenkirk, is set for a December 11 release in Japan. Derek Kolstad wrote the script, Ben Wheatley directed, and the trailer and poster are out. Odenkirk plays a temporary sheriff whose town of 1,890 turns on him.","twitterPost":"NORMAL, starring Bob Odenkirk, gets a December 11 Japan release. Derek Kolstad wrote it, Ben Wheatley directed. Odenkirk plays a temporary sheriff attacked by all 1,890 townspeople. Trailer and poster are out.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"NORMAL, the action film starring Bob Odenkirk, is confirmed for a December 11 release in Japan. Derek Kolstad wrote the script and Ben Wheatley directed. Odenkirk plays a temporary sheriff whose town of 1,890 residents turns on him after a bank robbery.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156803\",\"title\":\"An ordinary sheriff unleashes his combat abilities in a life-or-death battle against 1,890 people! \\\"NORMAL\\\" set for Japan release\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4221,"outputTokens":594,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789005568,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T01:54:48.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T01:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T01:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_990cd27915f6f6d8b10fb0b1","canonicalTitle":"普通の保安官が戦闘能力を解放し1,890人と死闘！『NORMAL／ノーマル』日本公開決定","representativeArticleId":"a_7082eef9fe47bb6c5b309bc2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"NORMAL\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Bob Odenkirk\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T01:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T01:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156803","title":"普通の保安官が戦闘能力を解放し1,890人と死闘！『NORMAL／ノーマル』日本公開決定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["NORMAL"],"studios":[],"people":["Bob Odenkirk"],"type":"release","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}