Academy-Award winner Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln) and Lost‘s Matthew Fox have joined together for an upcoming movie, Emperor. Today, the exciting trailer hit the web!

Hitting theaters on March 8, 2013, Jones stars as General Douglas MacArthur, who was the Supreme Commander for the Pacific Southwest starting in 1942. Fox portrays General Bonner Fellers, who was a military attache and considered the “protégé” of MacArthur. The story follows the days after Japan’s surrender in 1945, and reaching the decision of the Japanese Commander should be tried as a war criminal.

Here is the official synopsis:

“A gripping tale of love and honor forged between fierce enemies of war, EMPEROR tells the story, inspired by true events, of the bold and secret moves that won the peace in the shadows of post-war Japan. Starring Academy Award-winner Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, and newcomer Eriko Hatsune, EMPEROR brings to life the American occupation of Japan in the perilous and unpredictable days just after Emperor Hirohito’s World War II surrender. As General Douglas MacArthur (Jones) suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation, he assigns an expert in Japanese culture – General Bonner Fellers (Fox), to covertly investigate the looming question hanging over the country: should the Japanese Emperor, worshiped by his people but accused of war crimes, be punished or saved?”

Most recently, Jones was seen as United States Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln, which he earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Fox will star in the upcoming post-apocalyptic film World War Z alongside Brad Pitt. Emperor is directed by Peter Webber, who doesn’t have an extensive repertoire, but helmed the 2003 film Girl With a Pearl Earring and the 2007 film Hannibal Rising. Girl With a Pearl Earring was received very well and Hannibal Rising was not, so it’ll be interesting to find out how Emperor does this year.

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