Watch The New Trailer For George Clooney’s THE MONUMENTS MEN

In theaters on December 18, here’s the first trailer for George Clooney’s THE MONUMENTS MEN.

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, THE MONUMENTS MEN is a dramatic thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners.

It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed?  But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.

From director George Clooney, the film stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett.  The screenplay is by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Produced by Grant Heslov and George Clooney, THE MONUMENTS MEN is their first production since winning the Academy Award for Best Picture for their work on ARGO.

Filming took place in Germany and the United Kingdom. Clooney’s crew on THE MONUMENTS MEN included director of photography Phedon Papamichael, ASC, Oscar®-nominated production designer Jim Bissell, Academy Award®-winning editor Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E., costume designer Louise Frogley, and five-time Oscar® nominated composer Alexandre Desplat.

Sony Pictures will release the film domestically, with Twentieth Century Fox handling international territories.

See more images from the movie in USA Today’s preview HERE.

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