Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan in the Life trailer
Dazed has debuted the trailer for Life, the biopic of tragic acting icon James Dean, directed by Anton Corbijn (Control, A Most Wanted Man) and starring Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga, Maps to the Stars) and Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Kill Your Darlings). Check out the Life trailer below!
Scripted by Luke Davies (Candy, Reclaim), Life is based on the true friendship formed between actor James Dean (DeHaan) and photojournalist Dennis Stock (Pattinson) as Dean’s star was about to rise upon the release of 1955’s East of Eden.
The film co-stars Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3, Hugo) as Warner Bros. studio head Jack L. Warner, Joel Edgerton (The Gift, Exodus: Gods and Kings) as Magnum’s photography editor John G. Morris, and Alessandra Mastronardi (To Rome With Love) as Italian actress Pier Angeli.
Although there is currently no U.S. release date, Life will open on France on September 9 and the UK and Ireland on September 25.