The First Tolkien Trailer Promises The Story of the Man Behind Lord of the Rings

Fox Searchlight has released the first trailer for Tolkien. You can see it below. The biopic about the iconic Lord of the Rings author opens on May 10th and stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O’Reilly, Pam Ferris and Derek Jacob. Dome Karukoski directs.

Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.