HBO Films Releases Trailer For Benedict Cumberbatch-Starring Brexit

HBO has released the first trailer for Brexit, the upcoming drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch. You can see the trailer below. The film premieres on January 19th at 9 PM ET/PT on HBO. Cumberbatch portrays Dominic Cummings, who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign. Rory Kinnear plays Craig Oliver, Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of communications and head of the Remain campaign.

The drama goes behind the scenes, revealing the personalities, strategies and feuds of the Leave and Remain campaigns. The tactics employed by Vote Leave during the data-driven campaign swayed a historically silent voting bloc that would ultimately decide the outcome of the referendum, as well as affecting future elections around the world.