Update: The first trailer has now arrived online early.
After much silence from Paramount, Martin Scorsese‘s Silence is finally being unveiled this week. After screenings last weekend for select awards bodies (under heavy embargo, of course), they are soon debuting the trailer — but before that we have new images from and the first posters for his adaptation of Shūsaku Endō‘s novel, which stars Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver.
Those that see Allied starting tomorrow (which we highly recommend) will get the first look at the preview before it’s released online this Saturday. “If I’d had 10 years, it wouldn’t have been enough to prepare for this role,” Garfield tells NY Times. “I got totally swept up in all things Jesuit and very taken with Jesuit spirituality. The preparation went on for nearly a year, and by the time we got to Taiwan, it was bursting out of me.”
As we await the trailer for the highly anticipated drama, check out the official synopsis, new images, and set of posters below, which confirm this will be Scorsese’s first narrative screenplay credit since Casino.
Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) — at a time when Christianity was outlawed and their presence forbidden. The celebrated director’s 28-year journey to bring Shusaku Endo’s 1966 acclaimed novel to life will be in theaters this Christmas.
Silence is coming. pic.twitter.com/EGV8181ebd
— The Film Stage ? (@TheFilmStage) November 22, 2016
Silence will begin its release on December 23 before expanding in January.