They finally made a movie about the town of Normal. It just isn’t our Normal.
A new trailer dropped Thursday for Normal, what’s described as a neo-Western thriller starring Bob Odenkirk from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame. His character takes over as sheriff in the small Midwestern town of Normal where a “botched bank robbery exposes a dangerous secret beneath the town's calm exterior,” according to the film’s synopsis.
Alas, it’s not Normal, Illinois. It’s Normal, Minnesota. Which is not even a real place.
And they didn’t have the courtesy to film the movie in the real Normal. Normal was filmed in and around Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. (From the looks of the trailer, Odenkirk's Normal is a good deal smaller than Normal, Illinois.)
Fun fact: The movie co-stars Henry Winkler, who turned heads during a stop in Uptown Normal three years ago. He was in town for a speaking engagement.
Normal will be released April 17. Someone call the Normal Theater.
