Since R.C. Sherriff wrote it way back in 1928, the World War I play Journey's End has become a staple of theatres, GCSE English students – and occasional film adaptations. It's been adapted for screen four times previously, and now a new version is in the pipeline from The Duchess/Suite Francaise director Saul Dibb. The first trailer has arrived – take a look below.
Offering a bleak, damning view of life in the trenches, Journey's End sees Asa Butterfield play Raleigh, a naive young officer posted to a war-weary C-company in northern France. There he reunites with old friend Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin), whose experience has changed him dramatically. Fellow officers Osborne, Hibbert, and Trotter (Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge and Stephen Graham, respectively) and their cook Mason (Toby Jones) also share a claustrophobic trench.
Promising powerful performances from the prime of British acting, Journey's End arrives in cinemas on 2 February, 2018.