VIDEO: Watch Al Pacino in the All New Trailer for "Paterno"

HBO Films will debut "Paterno" starring Al Pacino on April 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Pacino plays the titular role in a drama about Penn State's Joe Paterno following the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. The film is directed by Barry Levinson. Riley Keough, Kathy Baker, Greg Grunberg, Annie Parisse, and Larry Mitchell.

Watch the official trailer below!

Pacino has had a career spanning over five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting"