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Trailer for Winnipeg-shot film starring John Travolta released

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The trailer for a JFK assassination movie starring John Travolta and shot in Winnipeg has been released.

The trailer for a movie shot in Winnipeg about the JFK assassination has been released.

“November 1963,” starring John Travolta, was shot in Winnipeg in 2025. An official trailer for the film was released on Friday.

The film, directed by Academy Award nominee Roland Joffé (“The Killing Fields,” “The Mission”) focuses on the Mafia’s alleged involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. The screenplay was written by Nicholas Celozzi, the nephew of Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana.

In addition to Travolta, the film stars Robert Carlyle, Dermot Mulroney and Mandy Patinkin.

Several neighbourhoods in Winnipeg, including Norwood Flats, the University of Manitoba campus, and the Exchange District, were transformed into 1960s Dallas for filming. Filming also took place in Birds Hill Provincial Park, which stood in for the Grassy Knoll.

Monitors on set of November 1963 A behind the scenes look at the monitors used for the production of November 1963 on Friday, July 11, 2025. (Joseph Bernacki/CTV News Winnipeg)
November 1963 Vintage vehicles are seen in the Norwood Flats neighbourhood in Winnipeg for the filming of “November 1963” on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Glenn Pismenny/CTV News Winnipeg)

The film will be released in theatres on Nov. 20.