The Tale trailer: Laura Dern leads the HBO original film HBO has released the trailer for their upcoming film The Tale, the Sundance hit that the premium cable network acquired earlier this year. Check it out in the player below! The Tale follows Jennifer (Dern) as she faces life-altering questions when a short story she wrote for school at age 13 forces her to re-examine her first sexual relationship — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.