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 MOREDazed x MUBI Cinema Club returns with a screening of My Father’s ShadowNo Other Choice: Park Chan-wook’s bleak, bloody takedown of capitalismAdanolaWhat went down at Lila Moss’ intimate Adanola dinner in LondonGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedEscape 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