First look at Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’

Joe Wright’s next film Darkest Hour will follows Winston Churchill as he leads a charge against Hitler’s army in the early days of World War II. The film features an all-star cast including Gary Oldman as Britain’s former Prime Minister, as well as Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas and John Hurt.

Via the Daily Mail we have our very first look at Oldman as Churchill in the film and the resemblance is uncanny.

Here’s the plot of the film.

Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.

Darkest Hour is released in cinemas in the US on 24th November, 2017 and the UK on 29th December, 2017.