courtesy of YouTube/HBOFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsBenedict Cumberbatch will play a Leave strategist in a film about BrexitWatch the new trailerShareLink copied ✔️December 15, 2018December 15, 2018TextThom Waite In case you hadn’t heard, Brexit isn’t over yet, but that’s not stopping HBO and Channel 4 from dramatising it in a film to be released in the new year. In the aptly-titled Brexit, a balding Benedict Cumberbatch will play Dominic Cummings, the campaign director of Vote Leave, the group that advocated for Britain’s departure from the EU. At the helm is Toby Haynes, the British TV director responsible for that Star Trek-themed episode of Black Mirror. Evidently, Cummings played an instrumental role as a strategist for the Leave campaign and – if the newly-released trailer is anything to go by – the film will explore his use of technology, xenophobia, and outright misinformation to get what he wanted. It’s unclear whether the film will take a hard angle where politics is concerned, but it’s worth noting that Cumberbatch campaigned for the British people to vote to remain in the EU. There will also be a dose of Boris Johnson in Brexit (and how couldn’t there be?). You can spot him in the trailer below; just look out for the hair. Brexit will premiere January 19. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on HamletMerrellMerrell 1TRL trades the trail for Shoreditch to launch Moab Slide Woven7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsCasting is finally getting its flowers at the 2026 OscarsThe story behind Resurrection, Bi Gan’s dreamy cinematic epic Sound of Falling is the most experimental teen drama of all timeEveryone needs to calm down about Timothée ChalametNorthern roles should go to northern actorsAmanda Seyfried: ‘Community is everything. Socialism is a beautiful idea’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy