12 Years A Slave - Official Trailer

Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures

The latest film from Steve McQueen, the director of the controversial NC-17 sex-addiction film, Shame, has culled together an impressive ensemble cast. However, it's the performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor that takes center stage, with Hollywood already talking Oscar buzz. The true story follows Solomon Northup, a freed slave abducted and sold back into bondage, spending over a decade enslaved.

The heavyweight cast includes Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Paul Giamatti, Taran Killam, Quvenzhane Wallis, Michael Kenneth Williams and Brad Pitt as a Canadian abolitionist. Check out the full trailer below via JoBlo Movie Network:

12 Years A Slave is due in theaters on Oct. 18 in limited release.