STXFilms has released the trailer for “The Mauritanian,” its new film which has been scheduled for February 19th next year – a last minute addition to make the extended Oscars-qualifying window this year.
Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Zachary Levi, Saamer Usmani, Shailene Woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the based-on-a-true-story tale of Mohamedou Ould Slahi.
Slahi was a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay that is thought to have been the recruiter for the terrorists that attacked the US on 9/11. He is joined by two American attorneys to challenge his imprisonment which they argued was illegal and unwarranted. Their controversial advocacy uncovers a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
Celebrated film director Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Touching the Void,” “Black Sea”) helms from a script by M.B. Traven, Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani.
