‘Paper Tiger’ trailer: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller get tangled with the Russian mafia in James Gray’s new crime drama

The first trailer for James Gray’s Paper Tiger has arrived, offering a tense first look at the filmmaker’s return to New York for a crime drama about two brothers whose pursuit of the American Dream takes them into the orbit of the Russian mafia. Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson lead the cast.

Set in Queens in 1986, the film follows brothers Gary Pearl (Driver) and Irwin Pearl (Teller), whose lives take sharply different turns as they attempt to build secure futures for themselves and their families. Gary is a former police officer, while Irwin is an engineer trying to provide for his wife Hester, played by Johansson, and their children. Their circumstances change when Irwin becomes involved in a seemingly lucrative business arrangement that brings the family into contact with the Russian mob.