First poster and red band trailer for 'Filth' starring James McAvoy

Other than leading the mutant charge as a young Charles  Xavier in X-men: First Class, the last couple of years were fairly lean for James McAvoy. But he's making up for it in spades now, and his 2013 has already gotten off to a strong start with his Brit crime caper Welcome to the Punch, and Danny Boyle's Trance which goes national tomorrow. This along with an acclaimed stage run as MacBeth, and starring later this year alongside Jessica Chastain in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. One film that has largely gone under the radar and is about to make a huge splash is Filth, an adaptation of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's novel.

The first trailer for the film has finally turned up, and it's a crude, vulgar piece of work that more than earns its red band label. McAvoy plays drug-addicted, bigoted, sexually abusive cop who relishes in is baser urges. As he investigates a major murder case, he begins to lose his grip on reality.

Between the morally bankrupt characters and the offensive, rapid-fire dialogue, it closely resembles a Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) film on steroids. Directed by Jon S. Baird and featuring an impressive supporting cast of Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, and Kate Dickie, look for Filth to open some time in the fall. [HeyUGuys]