Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for the biopic J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood.  DiCaprio is spot-on here as J. Edgar Hoover. He's got the accent down, and I'm liking his intensity (but really, did we expect anything less?). I'm still a bit apprehensive about the film given Eastwood's less than stellar resume from the past few years, but I like what I'm seeing here. It suits the director to get back to character drama after the ethereal nature of Hereafter, and this seems to be on the right track. The film also looks to be taking a delicate approach to Hoover's suspected "more-than-friends" relationship with Clyde Tolson, played here by Armie Hammer. Overall, I'm impressed (though DiCaprio's old-age makeup is a bit, um, questionable), but I'm still keeping my expectations relatively low. The film also stars Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Jeffrey Donovan, Ed Westwick, and Judi Dench also star.

J. Edgar opens on November 9.  Check out the trailer after the jump.

Here's a very low-quality rip of the trailer from Entertainment Tonight. We'll have the official embed once it hits later tonight. Click over to Apple to watch in HD.

Official synopsis:

Based on the life of J. Edgar Hoover, the man often credited with making the FBI what it is today: an efficient, crime-fighting organization shrouded in secrecy. Hoover founded the organization in 1935 and remained director until his death in 1972.