Mike Leigh has been aiming to make a film about the Peterloo massacre for a little while now, and he's been working on the new film for Film4 and Amazon. The first picture for Peterloo is online and can be seen above.
The Peterloo massacre saw the Army engaged to attack a large group of protestors in Manchester in 1819. Demanding political reform amid crippling economic depression, the protestors took to the streets and the resulting tragedy from the military reaction left 15 dead and more than 400 injured. The fallout was felt across the country, including spurring the creation of The Manchester Guardian, the paper that became today's Guardian.
Pictured is Rory Kinnear's Henry Hunt addressing the reformers as they gather at St. Peter's Field ahead of the chaos that is to come. Leigh also has the likes of Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, Philip Jackson, Karl Johnson, Tim McInnerny and David Moorst in the cast. There's no set release date for the film, but we should expect it next year.