The full U.S. trailer for Mike Newell’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens story GREAT EXPECTATIONS has just been released online by the folks over at Main Street Films. The film boasts a stellar cast that includes Jeremy Irvine, Holliday Grainger, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Sally Hawkins and Jason Flemyng. It is brought to the screen by acclaimed novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls (ONE DAY).
Here’s the official synopsis, followed by the new American trailer.
Mike Newell, BAFTA award winning director of Four Weddings and A Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directs a high calibre ensemble cast including BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes as the convict Magwitch, Robbie Coltrane as Jaggers and newcomer Jeremy Irvine, fresh from his lead role in Spielberg’s War Horse, as Pip. They are joined by Holliday Grainger as Estella, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, Sally Hawkins, Tamzin Outhwaite, David Walliams, Jessie Cave, Olly Alexander, Ben Lloyd-Hughes and William Ellis as Compeyson. This adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic and finest novel is produced by award winning partners Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley and written by acclaimed screenwriter and novelist David Nicholls (One Day).
Young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella; a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS arrives on U.S. soil on 11th October. It was released theatrically in the UK late last year. You can read our review here.
Source: You Tube/ Deadline
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