"The Ides of March" Trailer: Watch Now!

Just hours after debuting the movie's poster, a first-look theatrical trailer has been released for the upcoming film "The Ides of March".

The highly-anticipated picture stars Ryan Gosling and George Clooney, with Clooney also having written and directed the project shot mostly in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As for the storyline, "The Ides of March" is a drama about "an idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate who gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail."

Boasting plenty of other big names including Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Evan Rachel Wood, Clooney's latest venture is set to hit theaters on October 7, 2011.

Enjoy the pictures of Ryan Gosling biking in upstate New York (July 27).