The fall must be coming, as new trailers are looking more and more like adult dramas as opposed to caped fantasies. Though there still has to be a smidge of fantasy left when it involves something like The Monuments Men.
As the fifth directorial effort from George Clooney, The Monuments Men aims to tell the story of a group of curators united to recover renowned works of art stolen by the Nazis and Third Reich. Hitler sought to destroy others’ culture and this trailer shows the men who fought to save it.
It is an intriguing premise that reworks the typical WWII “Men on a Mission” plotline into something a bit more intellectual and slightly more dangerous, given these brave souls.
The wintry effort features an all-star cast that includes Clooney himself, as well as Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin and Bob Balaban.
The Monuments Men arrive in theaters on December 18.