First teaser trailer for by Steven Spielberg starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, Sally Field , David Strathairn , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , James Spader ,Hal Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones.
The film is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of Lincoln, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. As the Civil War nears its end, President Abraham Lincoln clashes with members of his cabinet over the issue of abolishing slavery.
The film opens 16 November in the US, 25 January 2013 for Ireland and the UK.