DreamWorks Pictures has just released the first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse which is set for a theatrical release this December. Based on a bestselling book, the story follows one horse’s journey through World War I and his lasting relationship with the boy who tamed and trained him.
The cast is led by Jeremy Irvine and includes Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan,
Tom Hiddleston, and Niels Arestrup. Celine Buckens, Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Kennedy, and Toby Kebbell also star.
The Plot: DreamWorks Pictures’ War Horse, director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope, and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him.
When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets — British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.
The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse — an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship, and high adventure. War Horse is one of the great stories of friendship and war — a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. It now comes to the screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.
