Skyfall Director's War Movie 1917 Gets First Trailer With Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, And More

The first trailer for Skyfall and American Beauty director Sam Mendes' World War I movie 1917 has arrived. The movie follows the story of two British soldiers who are given a dangerous and important task of going behind enemy lines to deliver a message that could save numerous lives.

The young soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are played by George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones). Also appearing in the movie are Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, and Andrew Scott.

Mendes wrote the script for 1917 alongside Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Penny Dreadful).

1917 opens Christmas Day this year in the United States. It's just the latest World War I movie in recent years, as Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk was released in 2017.