First Trailer & Stills for Kathryn Bigelow's Military Thriller ZERO DARK THIRTY

Academy Award winning director Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) is prepping to release her next military-laced project Zero Dark Thirty, which will tell of the US government's operation to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden.

Zero Dark Thirty chronicles the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks. The film stars Joel Edgerton, Frank Grillo, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Nash Edgerton and Harold Perrineau Jr. Columbia Pictures has recently attained US distribution rights for the film while Universal Pictures has secured several international release locations. Zero Dark Thirty will hit theaters on December 19th, 2012.