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Great Expectations trailer: Harry Potter director revives Dickens tale

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Great Expectations has premiered a new trailer online.

The 2-minute 21-second preview teases Harry Potter director Mike Newell's fresh take on Charles Dickens's classic story.



Great Expectations stars War Horse actor Jeremy Irvine as Pip, with Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch and The Borgias star Holliday Grainger as Estella.

The supporting cast also features Sally Hawkins, Robbie Coltrane and Jason Flemyng. One Day screenwriter David Nichols wrote the script for the film.

Great Expectations will close the BFI London Film Festival in October and arrive in UK cinemas on November 30.

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