Sienna Miller and Dominic West’s "explosive" divorce drama War drops new teaser trailer

The first trailer for divorce drama War is here, and it is impossibly tense viewing. The Sky Original legal drama stars Dominic West and Sienna Miller, as it follows two of London's most prestigious law firms.

Already slated for two seasons before hitting our screens, you can tune into the first season on Sky and NOW TV from 2 October, with eight weekly episodes.

The hard-hitting trailer for season one begins with West's character, Morgan Henderson, putting it "on the record" that he still has "a lot of love" for his ex-wife, Miller's character Carla Duval.

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There's friction between the two, of course, with Carla hinting that commitment has "never been an issue" for her, while Morgan appears stressed over their impending divorce.

He is described as "a rich man with strong legal backing" by Carla's legal team, while his own assures him he is "bulletproof."

Both sides flirt with the idea of "playing dirty" to assure their clients get the respective outcomes they want, also describing the case as "a PR war" that Carla is winning in the tabloid newspapers.

Several increasingly tense exchanges are shown in a heart-pumping montage, including a physical altercation as the case spirals into chaos.

A synopsis teases: "War delves into the high-stakes lives of London’s most powerful lawyers as firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne clash over a headline-grabbing legal battle, drawing ambitious young lawyer Jonathan 'Johnny' Warren, played by Archie Renaux, into a ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy and winning is everything.

"Series one follows the explosive divorce of British tech entrepreneur Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), as law firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne stop at nothing to secure victory for their clients."

Season one also stars Phoebe Fox as Serena Byrne and James McArdle as Nicholas Taylor, "partners in life and business" at Taylor & Byrne – as well as Nina Sosanya as Beatrice 'Queen Bea' Ubosi and Pip Torrens as St John Smallwood, their fierce rivals at Cathcarts & Sons.

The cast includes Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Emma Laird, Aran Murphy, Archie Panjabi, Adrian Scarborough, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Honor Swinton Byrne, Miles Jupp, Kartanya Maynard, Alexandra Mardell, Dylan Edwards, Mark Quartley, and Steve Furst.

War will premiere in the UK on 2 October on Sky and NOW.

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