The Good, the Bad and the Wicked (2026)
Starring Scott Eastwood, Pedro Pascal, and Walton Goggins
The desert never forgets, and the gold never stays buried forever. Decades after the legendary standoff at Sad Hill Cemetery, the story of the hidden Confederate millions has shifted from historical fact into a blood-soaked myth whispered in saloons across the frontier. In The Good, the Bad and the Wicked, a mysterious lone drifter known only as The Son returns to the scorched earth of the American West. Portrayed by Scott Eastwood, he carries with him a fragment of a map etched into the weathered grip of a vintage revolver, a relic that holds the key to a fortune many thought was lost to time.
Scott Eastwood steps into the iconic poncho of his father’s legacy, embodying the cold, squint-eyed silence of The Good with a lethal modern intensity that honors the past while forging a new path. However, he does not walk this path alone. He is forced into a fragile alliance with a silver-tongued Mexican outlaw played by Pedro Pascal. Claiming to be the kin of the legendary Tuco, Pascal’s character brings a mixture of desperate charm and unpredictable treachery to the journey. Their partnership is built entirely on lies, fueled only by the mutual need to survive a landscape that wants them dead.
The stakes are raised by the presence of The Wicked, played with chilling precision by Walton Goggins. As a sadistic former mercenary with a penchant for psychological warfare, he will stop at nothing to recover the lost fortune, leaving a trail of burning towns and broken lives in his wake. To him, the gold is not just wealth—it is power, and he is willing to drown the frontier in blood to seize it.
The film serves as a sweeping cinematic odyssey across a decaying West, a place where the law is merely a suggestion and the bullet remains the only reliable currency. The production utilizes legendary wide-angle vistas and extreme close-ups to capture a visceral world of sweat, dust, and mounting tension. The narrative reaches its boiling point as the hunt leads the trio back to a forgotten battlefield. Here, amidst the ghosts of the past, three shadows must once again face off in a circular dance of death where only one can emerge victorious.
With a haunting musical score that pays tribute to the operatic genius of Ennio Morricone and a gritty, sun-drenched aesthetic, The Good, the Bad and the Wicked is a brutal revival of the classic western spirit. It reminds us that in this unforgiving land, there are truly only two kinds of people: those with loaded guns, and those who bleed for gold.