'Adam And Joe' star's 'Attack The Block' trailer released - video

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Video: Attack The Block - Trailer

The trailer for Joe Cornish's new sci-fi comedy Attack The Block is has been released online. Click above to watch the trailer for the film, which comes out on the UK on May 11.

Cornish, one half of UK TV and radio comedy duo Adam And Joe, makes his directorial debut with the film.

The action sees a London housing estate being turned into a sci-fi fortess as teenage street kids become heroes.

In the plot all hell breaks loose when a meteorite disrupts a gang mugging on a London housing estate. When gang members kill a small alien creature, its people return and soon the estate becomes an epic battleground between humans and aliens.

Attack The Block co-stars Luke Treadaway and Jodie Whitaker and was executive produced by Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright.

NME.COM will be hosting more clips from the film in the coming days.

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