Billy Zane is Marlon Brando in the new trailer for Waltzing With Brando

WALTZING WITH BRANDO follows Brando (Billy Zane) — then the most famous actor in the world — as he filmed Mutiny on the Bounty and bought a tiny and uninhabitable island in Tahiti. His intent was to escape his hectic Hollywood lifestyle and show the world the path to sustainability. To achieve this goal, he plucks Judge (Jon Heder), an obscure but idealistic Los Angeles architect, from his stable existence and convinces him that together they could build the world’s first truly sustainable ecological retreat.

The film is based on the memoir “Waltzing with Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti” by architect Bernard Judge, the film delves into Marlon Brando’s life in the early 1970s, between his iconic roles in “The Godfather” and “Last Tango in Paris.”

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Directed by Bill Fishman, the film stars Billy Zane, Jon Heder, Richard Dreyfuss, and Tia Carrere.

Waltzing With Brando is out on 19th September 2025.