Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

Glen Powell swaps the leading-man charm for something far sharper in How to Make a Killing, a darkly comic revenge thriller arriving at Everyman, March 2026. Part satire, part murder spree, the film takes aim at obscene wealth, dynastic entitlement, and the kind of family tree that deserves a little… pruning.

Powell plays Becket Redfellow, a blue-collar outcast disowned at birth by the Redfellows - an obscenely rich dynasty sitting on a jaw-dropping $28 billion fortune. Becket has spent his entire life on the outside looking in, convinced he’s the rightful heir to everything. The only issue? Seven relatives are ahead of him in the line of succession.

So Becket does what any reasonable person would do… and decides to remove them.

Spurred on by a reunion with Julia, childhood friend and co-conspirator played by Margaret Qualley, Becket hatches a plan that begins with icy calculation and spirals quickly into something increasingly unhinged. The trailer teases his mindset with chilling clarity: “There were seven of them -  between myself and $28 billion.” It’s a film that understands exactly what it’s doing - making you laugh, then immediately making you feel guilty for laughing.

The cast is stacked with people who can make the wealthy look deliciously awful. Ed Harris looms large as a pivotal figure in the Redfellow dynasty, while Topher Grace, Zach Woods, Bill Camp, and Jessica Henwick round out a gallery of eccentrics, parasites, and potential threats. As Becket’s body count rises, so does the pressure - from suspicious authorities, from the family’s own poisonous politics, and from the simple fact that the closer he gets to the money, the less human he seems.

Directed by John Patton Ford and produced by A24, this is a sleek, modern heir to Kind Hearts and Coronets - a story of upper-crust murder with a contemporary bite. Think luxury, violence, and the dark thrill of watching the worst people imaginable finally meet their match.

Did you know?

The script was originally titled Rothchild and landed on Hollywood’s famous Black List of most-liked unproduced screenplays back in 2014.

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