There’s a new trailer out for the upcoming Judy Garland biopic, and you can get your closest look yet at Renée Zellweger’s transformation into the star. It looks like a good, old-fashioned tear-jerker, in keeping with the facts of Garland’s life.
Judy shows the world through Garland’s eyes 30 years after her star-making role in The Wizard of Oz. The musical biopic is set late 1960s shortly before Garland’s death, focusing on the performer’s run at the Talk of the Town club in London.
Watch: Judy trailer
The new Judy trailer sees Garland arrive at a hotel with her two children, only to find that her suite has been released because her account was in debt. With her home and manager lost, Garland is offered a job in London, but she must leave her children in America in order to take it.
“For over 40 years Judy Garland had laughed and loved and entertained no matter what life threw at her, and her public adored her for it,” he said. “But she paid a price in a childhood lost to Hollywood, an emotional exhaustion and a yearning for a ‘normal’ life beyond the rainbow,” director Rupert Goold told CNN.
The clip also showcases Garland’s stage fright, her blossoming relationship with her soon-to-be fifth husband Mickey Deans, hospital visits, scenes of a young Garland on the set of The Wizard of Oz and Garland in the throes of her spirited, glamorous London performances.
Judy will feature performances of some of Garland’s most well-known songs, including a rendition of the Wizard of Oz classic, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” The upcoming film also stars Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell and Michael Gambon.
Judy hits theaters on September 27.
