Independent Film Company has released the official trailer for Best Pancakes in the County, an action thriller starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Long and Shelley Hennig. It arrives in select theaters and on digital on November 20, 2026.
The story
Over a single night, a small-town diner in Arkansas becomes the scene of a deadly standoff. Cage plays a career criminal known only as the S.O.B., who comes back to the diner after a heist goes wrong, looking for an old hard drive said to hold CIA secrets. He isn't the only one after it, and soon crooks, cooks, waitresses and rogue federal agents are all caught up in the fight.
Who's in it
Cage leads as the S.O.B., sporting a noticeably different look for the role. Justin Long and Shelley Hennig co-star, with Lauren German, Ravi Patel, Brandon Mychal Smith, Kelly Greyson, Jaylen Moore and Michael Sirow rounding out the cast.
Behind the camera
Ken Sanzel wrote and directed the film, reuniting with Cage after the pair made the thriller Kill Chain together. It was shot in central Arkansas. The producers include Eduard Osipov, Raja Collins, Eric Brenner, Niko Fomenko, Gary Preisler and R. Wesley Sierk III, and Fortitude International handled international sales.
Released in the US by IFC Films (Independent Film Company).