Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures have released the first trailer for Zhang Yimou‘s (Hero, The House Of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall. Starring Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal (Game Of Thrones), the film will tell audiences the “true story” of why The Great Wall Of China was erected.

Watch the trailer here below.

Given the amount of news surrounding Justice League that is slowly being released, we are bound to get many juicy bits about the film which just started production a few short weeks ago. Earlier today the official plot synopsis was revealed, telling us that Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) are gathering the Metahumans, that were found on Lex Luthor’s (Jesse Eisenberg) computer, to fight a threat that has just been confirmed to be Steppenwolf – no casting announcement for that has been made as of yet.

But this isn’t the only thing that has come out of the set visit, held in London this past weekend. More casting and role confirmations are coming out as we speak. First, Game of Thrones‘ Kristofer Hivju will be playing an Ancient Atlantean King, and Willem Dafoe will be playing Vulko. All this focus on Atlantean characters has to do with the Mother Boxes that appeared in the deleted scene revealed earlier this year.

Hit the jump to find out how it all ties in together.

In addition to his central role as Batman, Ben Affleck is fast becoming one of the critical creative forces behind the camera in the DC Cinematic Universe. He reportedly performed on-set rewrites of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice script and will also be writing the future solo Batman movie (rumored to be titled The Batman) as well as directing the project.

Recently, the multi-talented Affleck earned himself another hat to wear as he has taken on the role of executive producer on next year’s Justice League Part I, in which he is also obviously returning as Batman.

Zack Snyder‘s Justice League: Part One is beginning to look a lot like a reunion for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. A couple of weeks back J.K. Simmons joined the cast of the DCEU ensemble film as Commissioner Gordon.

And now Willem Dafoe, who played the Norman Osborn aka Green Goblin both in body and spirit in all three of Raimi’s Spider-Man films, will also be joining the cast. Check out what his role will be below.

We’ve already seen an excellent trailer for the unmistakably Wes Anderson-directed dark comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel.

If that peek at the movie wasn’t enough to sate your appetite, another trailer has been released introducing us to the large cast of characters you’ll see in the film, as well as the many recognizable (and sometimes not so recognizable) faces who are playing them.

You can check out the new trailer below.