The official trailer for Takeover just dropped — and it might be the most visually daring hip-hop-to-Hollywood crossover in years. Quavo stars as Guy Miller, a street racing hotshot fresh out of prison who is desperately trying to stay clean and raise his late brother’s orphaned kids. But Atlanta has other plans. A powerful and dangerous international thief named Gamal Akopyan drags him back into the underground world he thought he had left behind — and from there, the city explodes.
The film hits theaters May 8, 2026, and it is already turning heads for reasons that go well beyond the action on screen.
Quavo Steps Into Full Leading Man Mode
This is not a cameo or a glorified guest appearance. Quavo carries Takeover as its undeniable lead, and he also serves as executive producer — meaning he has real creative investment in every frame of this film. The action-packed production is backed by Quality Films, the film division of Quality Control, the Atlanta label that launched Migos into the stratosphere.
Quavo is no stranger to the screen, having already appeared in Black-ish, Atlanta, and Narcos— Mexico, and starring in films including Savage Salvation, Praise This, and Cash Out. But Takeover is the biggest, most ambitious swing of his acting career. This is the role that could redefine how the industry sees him.
A Visual Style That Has Never Been Done Like This
The most immediately striking thing about Takeover — beyond Quavo’s commanding presence — is how the film actually looks. Director Greg Jonkajtys, who helmed Netflix’s The Liberator and served as a VFX artist on Pan’s Labyrinth and Avengers— Infinity War deployed Trioscope’s groundbreaking hybrid animation technology to blend live-action performances with a full graphic-novel aesthetic.
Trioscope fuses live-action performances with animation to bring the high-energy street racing world fully to life in a way that no pure live-action shoot could achieve. Early reactions have drawn comparisons to Into the Spider-Verse meeting Fast and Furious — which is both an accurate description and, frankly, a very good problem to have.
The Cast Behind the Movie
Here is who is showing up alongside Quavo for Takeover
- Billy Zane as Gamal Akopyan — international heist mastermind using street takeovers as cover for nine-figure diamond robberies
- Serayah (Empire) as Lt. Keisha Jenner — the law closing in fast
- LaMonica Garrett (Lioness) in a key supporting role
- Martin Sensmeier (Yellowstone) rounding out a stacked ensemble
The screenplay was penned by action veterans Jeb Stuart and Brandon Easton — Stuart being the writer behind Die Hard and The Fugitive, while Easton carries credits on Marvel’s Agent Carter. The talent behind the camera is just as serious as the talent in front of it.
Atlanta Is the Real Co-Star
Takeover is not just set in Atlanta — it is powered by Atlanta. Financing for the film was assembled from within Atlanta’s exotic and racing car community, alongside car brand partnerships, meaning the city’s own culture helped fund the story being told about it. That authenticity comes through in every shot of the trailer.
Street takeovers — where motorists coordinate to block off roads and perform stunts — have long fascinated and divided Atlanta, and the film leans directly into that tension. For Quavo, shooting in his hometown was personal from day one.
Takeoff’s Final Moment on Screen
This is the detail that elevates Takeover beyond pure entertainment. The film features the final on-screen appearance of Takeoff — Quavo’s nephew, creative partner, and fellow Migos member — who was fatally shot in Houston in November 2022. Filming had begun in September 2022 in Atlanta, just weeks before his death.
Seeing Takeoff on screen one last time transforms Takeover into something far more layered than an action film. For anyone who grew up on Migos, who felt the weight of that November night, this movie carries a grief and a love that no trailer can fully capture. It becomes a tribute. It becomes a document. And it makes every scene Quavo anchors feel like it carries something heavier than just a storyline.
Takeover is in theaters May 8, 2026.
