I’ve been excited ever since HBO announced plans to turn the Tony Award-winning All The Way into a film, and now here’s the trailer.

Bryan Cranston stars as President Lyndon B Johnson in the film that looks at his tumultuous first year in office after the assassination of John F Kennedy.

Staking his presidency on what would be an historic, unprecedented Civil Rights Act, Johnson finds himself caught between the moral imperative of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. and the expectations of the southern Democratic Party leaders who brought Johnson to power.

All The Way is directed by Jay Roach and co-stars Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root and Frank Langella.

It premieres on HBO on Saturday May 21.