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.