First Trailer For CORIOLANUS, Directed By Ralph Fiennes

Via CC2K, after the jump you can watch the UK trailer for Ralph Fiennes feature directorial debut, CORIOLANUS, starring Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and James Nesbitt.
CORIOLANUS script was written by John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator, The Last Samurai).
The story is a contemporary version of Shakespeare’s Rome-set political and family drama.
Gerard Butler will play Tullus Aufidius, commander of the Volscian army.
CORIOLANUS is a 1608 tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader, Gaius Martius Coriolanus…

In the film, Caius Martius ‘Coriolanus’ (Fiennes), a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Redgrave) to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus’s anger prompts a riot that culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Butler) to take his revenge on the city.

CORIOLANUS opens December 2nd, 2011