Vertical released the trailer for "Just Play Dead" on Wednesday. Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green play a married couple plotting insurance fraud.

Samuel L. Jackson, seen at the 2025 Academy Awards in Los Angeles, stars in "Just Play Dead." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI Eva Green, seen at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, stars in "Just Play Dead." File Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI UPI Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green star in "Just Play Dead," in theaters Aug. 28. Photo courtesy of Vertical UPI Eoian Macken stars in "Just Play Dead," in theaters Aug. 28. Photo courtesy of Vertical UPI Eva Green and Samuel L. Jackson star in "Just Play Dead," in theaters Aug. 28. Photo courtesy of Vertical UPI

Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Vertical released the trailer for Just Play Dead on Wednesday. The film opens Aug. 28 in theaters and comes to digital video-on-demand Sept. 1.

Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green star as married couple Jack and Nora Wolfe, living in the tropics off funds Jack embezzled. Jack comes up with a plan to fake his death for the $30 million insurance policy.

So Nora must seduce a sap (Eioan Macken) to commit the act. But, she proposes they just really kill him and keep the money.

Martin Campbell directs Dan Gordon's script. Campbell directed Green in Casino Royale and Jackson in The Protégé.

Maria Pedraza and Jason Fernandez also star. Jackson is also one of the executive producers.