The official trailer has been released for The Children Act, based on Ian McEwan's 2014 novel and starring Oscar winner Emma Thompson as "a judge who, in the midst of a marital crisis, must rule on a life-changing legal case concerning the survival of a teenage Jehovah's Witness," Deadline reported.
Directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal) and written by McEwan, the film also stars Stanely Tucci, Fionn Whitehead and Ben Chaplin. The Children Act premieres exclusively on DirecTV August 16, followed by a theatrical rollout beginning September 14 in Los Angeles and New York.