Steven Spielberg’s THE POST Trailer Watch the first THE POST trailer! The film, directed by Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies, Lincoln), stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Alison Brie, Sarah Paulson, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, and Sarah Paulson. THE POST will be released in theaters on January 12, 2018. A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.