Poster for War Horse, directed by Steven Spielberg

Hello, Oscar race. The new poster for War Horse, Steven Spielberg's second film due out at the end of the year(after The Adventures of Tintin), has been released and it kinda looks like star Jeremy Irvine and his equine pal are staring down the Academy voters saying "Yeah, you know you love us".

Based on Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel(also a 2007 stageplay), the film is a sprawling adventure set during World War I, in which Albert(Irvine) is forced to sell his horse Joey into the cavalry. Shipped off to France, Joey experiences the horrors of war from both sides, while Albert embarks on a quest to be reunited with his beloved horse. Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston, and Niels Arestrup, Toby Kebbell, and Peter Mullan co-star.

War Horse is set to gallup into theaters on December 28th.