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, 2018Text Thom 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 30,000+ creatives from around the world.TrendingIn pictures: Wet hot summers at Berlin’s iconic inner-city pool Lucia Jost’s ongoing photo series, Prinzessinnenbad (The Princess Pool), documents the friendship groups who congregate at Berlin’s Sommerbad Kreuzberg poolArt & Photography Jordan Brand x Free The YouthFashionWhat went down at Jordan Brand x Free The Youth’s ‘Night of Flight’ Aveda BeautyAveda is kicking off healthy hair summerFashionPure Sex: Photos from the relaunch of the cult 80s goth brandBeautyWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?FashionPhotos of the ‘techno sluts’ at Berlin’s all-day runway raveBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and erotica PumaLife & CultureMeet freestyle footballer Janella HernandezArt & PhotographyAnd Love Comes in at the Eye: Passionate portraits from Tom Wood’s archiveEscape 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