By Creative Media Times

Fox Searchlight Pictures is gearing up for the release of it’s upcoming biographical drama film “Tolkien”, recently releasing a video featurette on Wednesday from the film.

Starring Nicholas Hoult as John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, the film is directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford.

Hoult was also recently at WonderCon 2019 where fans were treated with clips from the film as well as a panel Q&A where the X-Men actor answered questions from fans.

Tolkien is set for release in the UK on May 3, 2019, followed by a US release on 10 May 2019.

Here is the film’s synopsis:

TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels.