Watch new trailer for HBO’s ‘The Normal Heart’
By Nick Levine
A new trailer for HBO’s The Normal Heart has premiered on EW.com. Watch it below.
Larry Kramer has adapted his iconic 1985 play of the same name for HBO, and the film will premiere on the US cable network on May 25. A UK premiere has yet to be confirmed.
The drama takes place in New York City in the early 1980s at the onset of the HIV-AIDS epidemic.
Mark Ruffalo stars as Ned Weeks, who witnesses the spread of the disease that has begun to claim the lives of many in the gay community, and sets out to discover the truth.
Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina and Looking‘s Jonathan Groff also star in the HBO film. Glee and American Horror Story‘s Ryan Murphy directed from Kramer’s script.
A previous teaser trailer was released last month (March) – click here to watch it.