The first trailer for "Thank You for Your Service," a film starring Miles Teller and adapted from an acclaimed nonfiction book about soldiers returning from war, went live online Tuesday, more than four months ahead the movie's Oct. 27 release date.   



Written and directed by Jason Hall, whose adapted screenplay for "American Sniper" earned an Oscar nomination, the film shares a title and subject matter with a 2013 book by David Finkel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and MacArthur fellow. It was a follow-up to "The Good Soldiers," in which Finkel chronicled the lives of soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, during a 15-month deployment to Iraq.
 
Teller ("Fantastic Four," "Whiplash," "War Dogs") plays Sgt. Adam Schumann, who struggles with the transition from military to civilian life despite support from his wife (Haley Bennett, "The Girl on the Train," "Hardcore Henry").  

Also featured in the film, but not the trailer: Comedian Amy Schumer ("Trainwreck"). She plays the widow of a fallen soldier; Hall told USA Today that filmmakers were "surprised" at her interest, but "what we learned is that she felt strongly about the story and this cause, and she just wanted to be part of the fabric of telling this story in any way she could." 

The fall release date puts the movie squarely in Hollywood's "awards season," per Variety, though it will share an opening weekend with the latest entries in the "Saw" and "Cloverfield" movie franchises.

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