Watch the new trailer for a Wilmington-shot movie featuring a star-studded Black cast

A trailer has been released for "The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat," a movie that shot in the Wilmington area in 2022.

The trailer for the Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures film dropped Tuesday. Searchlight also shared "first look" photos from the film on social media.

In the trailer, many Wilmington locations used in the film can be seen, including the so-called "alligator bridge" at Greenfield Lake, a house at Fourth and Orange streets, historic Thalian Hall, various shots of Castle Street and of course the Rx Chicken and Oysters restaurant on Castle, which was transformed into the title diner for the film.

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Based on the best-selling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore, the movie is about a trio of Black women in Indiana who've been best friends since high school in the 1960s, when they were nicknamed The Supremes, after the singing group.

In the book, the action toggles between the '60s and the '90s, when the women have to support each other through major life challenges involving romance, family and health.

"Earl's" was directed by Tiny Mabry from a screenplay by Cee Marcellus and Tina Mabry.

Mabry, whose acclaimed independent drama "Mississippi Damned" screened in Wilmington in 2009 for the Cucalorus Film Festival, has become a sought-after writer, director and producer for multiple TV series, including the shows "Dear White People" and "Queen of the South."

"Earl's" star-studded Black cast includes Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor ("King Richard"), Emmy nominee Sanaa Lathan ("Love and Basketball"), Emmy winner Uzo Aduba ("Orange is the New Black," "Lightyear"), Mekhi Phifer ("8 Mile"), Vondie Curtis Hall ("Chicago Hope") and Russell Hornsby ("The Hate U Give," "Fences," "Meet the Parents").

"Earl's" Wilmington locations also include St. James Episcopal church at Third and Market streets and homes on Kenwood Avenue and Forest Hills Drive. The movie also transformed the parking lot across the street from Rx into a set for OK Used Cars.