It’s been a good nine months since we reported on the casting for Tom Hooper’s next project, The King’s Speech and now we’ve got our first look at the main players.

The director of The Damned United has assembled an amazing cast to bring the story of the reluctant King, George VI, and his relationship with his speech therapist, Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush. Colin Firth is set to play the King, and he talks about the film here,

After A Single Man the time is right for Firth to build on the momentum and this film may see another Oscar nomination,

Here are the pics,

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