WATCH: The trailer for Tom Hardy's Al Capone biopic is finally here

The trailer for Tom Hardy's much anticipated Al Capone movie has finally been released.

Capone originally titled Fonzo is directed by Josh Trank and will take place 10 years into the Chicago crime boss' sentence when the 47-year-old starts suffering from dementia and is haunted by his past.

The film was originally announced in 2016 and filming kicked off in 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tom shared pictures on the set of himself transformed into the gangster.

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On Wednesday Josh shared the trailer on his Twitter account and wrote: "Different title. My cut."

WATCH IT HERE:

TRAILER.

Tom Hardy. Capone. Coming MAY 12.

(Different title. My cut. ??) pic.twitter.com/2PLdrcFxY6

— Josh Trank (@joshuatrank) April 15, 2020

The film which also stars Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan and Jack Lowden will premiere on 12 May.

According to IndieWire Vertical Entertainment acquired the distribution rights of the film which will be released via streaming.

Josh added in another tweet that he hopes the movie will on the big screen later this year. 

SEE IT HERE:

Will be on streaming!

Planned as theatrical, but hopefully will be on the big screen later this year!

— Josh Trank (@joshuatrank) April 15, 2020