Universal Pictures has released a brand new clip from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes’ upcoming war movie thriller 1917, featuring George MacKay’s character Schofield running through the ruins to get away from the enemy. Earlier this week, the film received three major Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture-Drama and Best Director. Check out the video in the player below! (via Fandango)
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.
Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Colin Firth (Mary Poppins Returns), and Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and Mark Strong (Shazam!) star in the film. Other additions to the cast include Andrew Scott, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough, Jamie Parker, Nabhaan Rizwan, Claire Duburcq, George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman.
1917 is directed by Sam Mendes, who wrote the screenplay with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Showtime’s Penny Dreadful). The film is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris (co-executive producer, Revolutionary Road; executive producer, Away We Go) for their Neal Street Productions, Jayne-Ann Tenggren (co-producer, The Rhythm Section; associate producer, Spectre), Callum McDougall (executive producer, Mary Poppins Returns, Skyfall) and Brian Oliver (executive producer, Rocketman; Black Swan).
RELATED: 1917 Trailer Reveals a War Epic Like No Other
The film is produced by Neal Street Productions for DreamWorks Pictures in association with New Republic Pictures. Universal Pictures will release the film domestically in limited release on December 25, and wide on January 10, 2020. Universal and Amblin Partners will distribute the film internationally, with eOne distributing on behalf of Amblin in the U.K.
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(from left) Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) in 1917, the new epic from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. -
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(from left) Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay and Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes on the set of the new epic, 1917. -
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Colin Firth as General Erinmore in 1917, the new epic from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. -
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(foreground) Cinematographer Roger Deakins on the set of 1917, the new epic from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. -
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Cast and crew members on the set of 1917, the new epic from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. -
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Colonel Mackenzie in 1917, the new epic from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. -
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Script supervisor Nicoletta Mani (left) and co-screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns (right) with Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes on the set of Mendes’ new epic, 1917. -
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Mark Strong as Captain Smith in 1917, the new epic from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. -
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