Nicholas Hoult leads the powerful full trailer for JRR Tolkien biopic Tolkien

A full trailer for Tolkien, the new biopic about the life of J.R.R Tolkien, has debuted online. Click below to watch it:

Nicholas Hoult stars as Tolkien and the film charts his journey from the trenches of World War I to his life at Oxford University and his writing of Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit. 

Starring alongside Hoult are Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O’Reilly, Pam Ferris and Derek Jacobi.

Finnish director Dome Karukoski calls the shots, working from a script from David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford

Tolkien will be released into UK cinemas on May 3rd.