First Hitchcock trailer arrives

The first trailer featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins as film director Alfred Hitchcock has landed online.

'Hitchcock', which sets its focus on the making of 'Psycho', also stars Helen Mirren as the director's long-suffering wife Alma.

The release date of the film, which has been confirmed as November 23, is said to have been planned so it can qualify for the Oscars.

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Having screened most favourably to test audiences in the US, it's thought that Mirren may have a shot at the Best Actress gong with a thus far uncrowded category for next year's awards.

It also features Scarlett Johansson, and her uncanny transformation into starlet Janet Leigh, the lead actress Hitchcock sensationally killed off early on in 'Psycho'.

Elsewhere, it stars James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, who played killer Norman Bates, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel and Ralph Macchio.

It's directed by Sacha Gervasi, the man behind the acclaimed rockumentary 'Anvil: The Story of Anvil'.