Comedian Joe Cornish, who co-wrote Steven Spielberg‘s  upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn with Edgar Wright, is making his directorial debut with Attack The Block. The sci-fi invasion comedy will get its premiere at SXSW this month and Empire has the first trailer. The film stars Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Simon Howard, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, and Alex Esmail. It looks like a hilarious mix of comedy and action. Check it out below.

Synopsis: About a teen gang in South London defending their block from an alien invasion.

Attack the Block will premiere at the SXSW 2011 Film Festival this month and hit UK theaters in May.

What do you think of the trailer?

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