Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new poster for Dunkirk, the upcoming World War II epic from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, which features newcomer Fionn Whitehead as Tommy, a British Army private who finds himself fighting for survival along with hundreds of thousands of other Allied soldiers trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940…

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“Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.”

Dunkirk is set for release on July 21st 2017 and features a cast that includes Nolan regulars Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy alongside Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Tom Glynn-Carney and newcomer Fionn Whitehead.