War Horse

War Horse

War Horse is a film directed by Steven Spielberg and is intended for release in the US on 28 December 2011 and in the UK on 13 January 2012. It is based on both War Horse, a children's novel set during World War I, by Michael Morpurgo, first published in the United Kingdom in 1982, and the 2007 stage adaptation of the same name.

The cast includes David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston and Peter Mullan. The film is produced by Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, and executive produced by Frank Marshall and Revel Guest. Long term Spielberg collaborators Janusz Kamiński, Michael Kahn and John Williams have all worked on the film.