Americana stars Hauser along with Syndney Sweeney, Halsey, Eric Dane and Simon Rex. Lionsgate will release the film exclusively in theaters nationwide on August 15th but the audience at Filmland will get a special sneak preview. The synopsis reads: “A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex). Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon) and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey).” The film is written and directed by Tony Tost and produced by Alex Saks.

Tost is a graduate of the University of Arkansas Creative Writing MFA program and a part-time Fayetteville resident. He has served as the showrunner for shows such as Poker Face and Damnation. He is looking forward to sharing the film with Arkansans.

"I'm very excited to have my first film screen as part of Filmland here in my adopted home of Arkansas,” said Tost. “In making Americana, I wanted to return to the kinds of stories that made me fall in love with the movies in the first place. That mostly means Westerns, ‘70s drive-in movies, and independent films from the ‘90s. My hope is that our movie can bring those types of old school pleasures while also providing a fresh perspective on the Western genre and some unexpected surprises along the way."