First BEN-HUR Trailer Watch the first BEN-HUR trailer! The film, directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), stars Jack Huston, Rodrigo Santoro, Toby Kebbell, and Morgan Freeman. BEN-HUR will be released in theaters on August 12. A falsely accused Jewish nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his Roman best friend, who betrayed him.