War Horse is a film directed by Steven Spielberg and is intended for release in the United States on 25 December 2011[1] and in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2012.[2] 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.[3]
The cast includes David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston and Peter Mullan.[4][5] The film is produced by Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, and executive produced by Frank Marshall and Revel Guest.[6] Long term Spielberg collaborators Janusz Kamiński,Michael Kahn and John Williams have all worked on the film.
