Watch the Thrilling First Trailer for 'The Ides of March'

By Harley W. Lond (Sign up for Harley W. Lond's posts) Published Jul 28th 2011 1:00AM Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Movie News Email This You gotta admire George Clooney. The gifted author-director-producer-actor can certainly move from comedy to thriller to socially conscious drama within the wink of the eye -- and get it done with aplomb and integrity. His latest -- 'The Ides of March,' that they stars in, directed and co-authored -- is really a political thriller that happens throughout the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds themself involved with a political scandal that intends to upend his candidate's (Clooney) shot in the presidency. The film, which opens March. 7, also stars Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright and Max Minghella. The new sony on Wednesday launched a poster for that film and then Wednesday evening published a trailer to the web. Try them out following the jump. Tip o' the hat to SlashFilm.