Trailer: Water for Elephants

We have the newly released trailer for Francis Lawrence‘s big screen adaptation of Sara Gruen‘s bestselling novel Water for Elephants .  The film stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook (check Holbrook out in Into The Wild here]. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump.  Don’t forget, Water for Elephants hits theaters on April 15th, 2011.

Synopsis: Veterinary school student Jacob (Pattinson) meets and falls in love with Marlena (Witherspoon), a star performer in a circus of a bygone era. They discover beauty amidst the world of the Big Top, and come together through their compassion for a special elephant. Against all odds – including the wrath of Marlena’s charismatic but dangerous husband, August (Christopher Waltz) – Jacob and Marlena find lifelong love.

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