You may have seen the first image from Steven Spielberg's latest, The Post last week, which offered a look at Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and more. Now we can see and hear what they all sound like and get a better taste of the movie thanks to the arrival of the trailer.
Written by Liz Hannah and Spotlight's Josh Singer, the script follows the 1971 scandal after the decision of The Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) and publisher Katharine Graham (Streep) to publish The Pentagon Papers. Written and leaked by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers established that the Johnson Administration had lied to the public and congress about US military involvement in the Vietnam War, and revealed that the Nixon administration had secretly escalated the war. The Nixon administration tried to stop the Post from publishing them, and Assistant US Attorney General William Rehnquist took the case to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favour of the paper.
Spielberg has recruited a typically stellar cast that also includes Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Plemons, Carrie Coon and Alison Brie, amongst many others. It'll be on US screens on 22 December for a quick awards run before it goes on general release on 12 January. UK audiences will see it 19 January.
Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks And Meryl Streep Team Up For The Post
Alison Brie, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon And More Join Steven Spielberg's The Post