First trailer for Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips

Columbia Pictures has released the first trailer for Captain Phillips, director Paul Greengrass' (The Bourne Supremacy, Green Zone) adaptation of Richard Phillips' A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips, which tells the true story of the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Adapted for the screen by Billy Ray (State of Play, The Hunger Games), Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar-winner Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump) in the lead role, with a supporting cast that includes Catherine Keener (Capote, A Late Quartet), Max Martini (The Unit, Pacific Rim), Yul Vazquez (American Gangster, The A-Team) and Chris Mulkey (Cloverfield, Boardwalk Empire). Check out the first trailer here:


Captain Phillips is due for release on October 11th.