Tom Hanks stars as Naval Capt. Ernest Krause in sneak peek for World War II drama Greyhound

He received an Oscar nomination for his work in the acclaimed 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.

Tom Hanks now returns to the war drama genre playing a naval commander Capt. Ernest Krause in Greyhound, a World War II drama from filmmaker Aaron Schneider starring the two-time Academy Award winner, 63.

Hanks wrote the screenplay based on the 1955 book The Good Shepherd from author C.M. Forester.

In Greyhound, which is inspired by a true story, Krause leads ‘an international convoy of 37 Allied ships … in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats,’ according to a Sony Pictures synopsis of the film.

In the preview, Krause heads up the destroyer referred to as Greyhound, praying as he leads his ship into an Atlantic Ocean crossing with no help from air troops on the way.

Against all odds, they’re able to eliminate an oncoming Nazi submarines, but are later trailed by a pack of others.

‘In 48 hours we’ve lost seven ships and 50 souls,’ Krause said amid the horror conditions of the battle at sea. 

He’s later heard urging his crew to ‘bring hell from on high’ as a fleet of Nazi boats approaching, as the preview flips between his regular life and time in battle. 

Hanks had past penned the scripts for two films he directed, 1996’s That Thing You Do! and 2011’s Larry Crowne.

Elisabeth Shue portrays Krause’s wife Evie, while the rest of the cast is rounded out by Stephen Graham, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rob Morgan and Karl Glusman.

Greyhound is slated to arrive in theaters June 12.